There’s No One to Hand the Nobel World Prize

Chapter awarded the Nobel World Prize committee Turborn Jagland confirmed that the winner of this year, the jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is not able to get it and instead do it nobody will. Jagland said that the prize will remain up until either Liu Xiaobo, or someone from his immediate family could not take it away. Meanwhile, the wife of Liu Xiaobo has been under house arrest.

Jagland also confirmed that China’s ambassador in Norway sent a letter to other diplomats accredited in Oslo, warning them to participate in the ceremony.

Previously was reported that the Nobel World Prize for 2010 awarded to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, a writer and former university lecturer. He is known as a critic of the Chinese government in 1989, he participated in the rally in Tiananmen Square. In 2009, Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Meanwhile, the Nobel committee in Oslo said last Thursday that six countries – Iraq, Kazakhstan, China, Cuba, Morocco and Russia – refused to accept an invitation to attend the award ceremony this year.

As reported by Interfax in Russian embassy in Norway, that Russian representatives will not attend the upcoming ceremony in Oslo, the Nobel World Prize, has no political motives. “There is no policy,” – said a spokesman for the Russian embassy, Vladimir Isupov.

He added that Russia’s ambassador to Norway has received personal invitations to the ceremony, but for those dates had long been planned working visit.

“Ambassador’s not physically in Norway now. And as the invitation is, other Embassy representatives will also be unable to attend, “- said the Russian diplomat.

In turn, the Foreign Ministry Press Secretary Ilyas Omarov Kazakhstan reported that the Kazakh diplomat did not attend the ceremony, the Nobel Peace Prize-2010 in connection with employment.

“On non-participation of representatives of diplomatic missions in the Nobel Prize award ceremony I want to note the following: In Norway we have a diplomatic mission, Ambassador-at-time, it is headquartered in The Hague. As to Charge Affaires in Oslo, at this period he planned business trip “- said Omar. However, he said that Kazakhstan’s ambassador to Norway during this period “will also be busy.”

The ceremony of awarding the Nobel World Prize was to be held in Oslo on December 10.