Funeral of Elizabeth II, all the leaders of the uninvited countries, from Russia to Burma

Beyond 500 heads of state and foreign leaders are expected in London in the coming days: on Monday September 19 Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral will be held at Westminster Hall, which church has a capacity of 2,200 people. Yet, for many foreign representatives and heads of state, Britain will remain foreclosed on the occasion of this event which will have a world sounding board

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FLY ABSENT – Among the heaviest absences, there is that of Russia which has not reached theinvitation from Buckingham Palace: London has always been since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine on the side of Kiev. This is also why the Kremlin had made it known that “the president would not have been there anywaybut the protocol would be evaluated “to decide who to send. But for Great Britain it is better that there is no Russian representative

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MINSK ABSENT – For the same reasons London it also excluded Belarus, the country from which the Russian tanks left for Kiev and that it has supported Putin’s military operation from the beginning. A choice in which you can also see the hand of new conservative premier Liz Trusswhich asked Buckingham Palace not to include all countries subjected to it to sanctions by the West

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ASSAD WILL NOT BE THERE – Another excluded is the Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad, for multiple reasons. For years now, the UK has not had full relations with Syria and is accused by the West of being a strong ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He is also accused of using chemical weapons on his own people on at least three occasions in 2017. For this reason, there will be no Damascus representatives in London

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TALIBAN ABSENT – The events of the last year have certainly not changed the relationship between London and the new Kabul conquered by the Taliban in August 2021. According to the British government the government emirate violates women’s rights and political opponents. Also for this reason it was preferred avoid sending the invitation

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THE CASE OF MYAMMAR – Very similar to the Afghan case that relating to Myanmar or Burma. In fact, as early as February 2021, London has reduced its own diplomatic staff in the country, following the military coup. A coup which, according to the United Kingdom, caused systematic violence against civilians, whose riots are bloody repressed, and against activists. For this the government of Majesty has had her for some time intensified its support for the Rohingya community

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EXCLUDING MADURO – Among the countries ofLatin America the only one not to have received the invitation is Venezuela: according to London, the president’s regime Nicolas Maduro has been tainted over the past few years by violence, murder and arbitrary arrests by security forces or allied armed groups. For this reason, the invitation from Buckingham Palace did not go out

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AMBIANCERS ONLY – There are also countries that have received an invitation only at the level of ambassadors: they are an example of this North Korea, Iran and Nicaragua. For these countries there will therefore be no heads of state or government but only the diplomatic representatives