Serbia to boycott Nobel ceremony

Serbia is among the countries that will boycott this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, according to the BBC.

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Tuesday, 07.12.2010.

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Serbia is among the countries that will boycott this year's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, according to the BBC. According to the report, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced that China and 18 other countries - Serbia among them - will stay away from Friday's ceremony that will honor Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Serbia to boycott Nobel ceremony While the committee describes Liu as "the foremost symbol" of the human rights struggle in China, the BBC reports, it also said that the envoys of Russia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Serbia, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Venezuela, the Philippines, Egypt, Sudan, Ukraine, Cuba and Morocco would miss the event "for various reasons". Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu was reported as saying that more than 100 countries supported Beijing, and that "those at the Nobel Committee are orchestrating an anti-China fuss by themselves".

Serbia to boycott Nobel ceremony

While the committee describes Liu as "the foremost symbol" of the human rights struggle in China, the BBC reports, it also said that the envoys of Russia, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Serbia, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Venezuela, the Philippines, Egypt, Sudan, Ukraine, Cuba and Morocco would miss the event "for various reasons".

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu was reported as saying that more than 100 countries supported Beijing, and that "those at the Nobel Committee are orchestrating an anti-China fuss by themselves".

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