Russian President Vladimir Putin is not going to be invited to Queen Elizabeth II's funeral due to his invasion of Ukraine, a senior British authorities supply instructed CNN.
The supply stated the total checklist of invites had not but been finalised, however that officers from three nations had been dominated out: Russia, Belarus and Myanmar.
Within the case of Russia and Belarus, the supply stated their exclusion was resulting from Putin's invasion of Ukraine, which Belarus has supported. Within the case of Myanmar, it's due to the therapy of the Rohingya individuals, the supply stated.
The Palace sends invites to state funerals on the recommendation of the federal government, after members of the civil and diplomatic companies have thought-about the political implications of inviting sure leaders.
Palace protocol is to not reveal invitees to household occasions, and it has not commented on the visitor checklist.
Usually each nation that the UK has regular diplomatic relations with can be invited to a state funeral, such because the one which will likely be held for the late monarch in London subsequent Monday.
Nations are often represented by their political chief, head of state, a senior member of the federal government or their ambassador to the UK.
A second UK authorities supply instructed CNN that as much as 500 overseas dignitaries had been anticipated to attend the funeral.
The UK has been one of many strongest opponents of Russia's battle and one of many largest supporters of Ukraine, offering cash, weapons and help.
The UK has additionally sanctioned a variety of army officers and companies in Myanmar over what it has described because the ethnic cleaning of the Rohingya, a predominantly Muslim group within the nation's majority Buddhist state which has suffered many years of persecution.
Earlier this month, Myanmar's ruling junta sentenced the UK's former ambassador to the nation to a yr in jail over immigration expenses.
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