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China demands Nobel Prize apology from Norway
OSLO — China is demanding an apology from Norway before agreeing to restore relations soured when dissident Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace prize, Beijing's ambassador was quoted Wednesday as saying.
He demanded an apology from the Norwegian government," said Dan Femoen, a local official in the western city who was at the gathering. "He said that trade between the two countries was not impossible but that it was more difficult given that an apology over the Nobel Peace prize did not appear to have been made," he said.
Fellow participant Marit Warncke, director of Bergen's Chamber of Commerce, appeared to confirm the ambassador's remarks, saying that he said his country "was waiting" for an official apology from Norway.
China demands Nobel Prize apology from Norway
OSLO — China is demanding an apology from Norway before agreeing to restore relations soured when dissident Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace prize, Beijing's ambassador was quoted Wednesday as saying.
He demanded an apology from the Norwegian government," said Dan Femoen, a local official in the western city who was at the gathering. "He said that trade between the two countries was not impossible but that it was more difficult given that an apology over the Nobel Peace prize did not appear to have been made," he said.
Fellow participant Marit Warncke, director of Bergen's Chamber of Commerce, appeared to confirm the ambassador's remarks, saying that he said his country "was waiting" for an official apology from Norway.