Moscow on Thursday criticized the United Kingdom’s decision not to participate in Russia’s funeral for Queen Elizabeth II.
“We see this British attempt to use a national tragedy, which touched the hearts of thousands of people around the world, for geopolitical ends in order to settle scores with our country in a deeply immoral way,” said WHO spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Voice of the Russian Foreign Ministry. “This position is particularly blasphemous to the memory of Elizabeth II,” he explained.
Belarus and Myanmar were also excluded from the guest list at the British monarch’s funeral.
Some British MPs also expressed concern that the Chinese government was conditioned on the funeral of Isabel II. Governor Tim Laughton told the BBC today that the invitation should be withdrawn, justifying his position on human rights abuses in the country and the treatment of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang.
The politician said the UK “cannot under any circumstances participate in such an important event as official representatives of the Chinese government”.
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