The minister thanked the girl for her patriotic stance and said that he awarded her the thanks of the Minister of Foreign Affairs “for the victory of the spirit in cultural diplomacy.”
Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba recorded a video in support of 13-year-old Ukrainian singer Sofia Samolyuk, who refused to perform at the Sanremo Junior festival due to the participation of Russian representatives .
The minister thanked the girl for her patriotic stance and said that he awarded her the thanks of the Minister of Foreign Affairs “for the victory of the spirit in cultural diplomacy.”
“Sometimes you don’t have to sing, draw, make sculptures, make movies to win a competition… Sometimes you just have to take an honest stand and show that you are a representative of a people who value their dignity . you did, and that’s why you won. Congratulations on this victory you won’t have a diploma in san remo this year but you won more – you won a victory for your country you won a real victory in the culture without performing a single word but with a very strong word”, said Kuleba.
It will be remembered that Sofia Samolyuk is the winner of the Black Sea Games 2021, who should perform at the Sanremo Junior festival in Italy on May 3. But a few hours before the competition, it became known that the Russians will participate in it, and instead of showing her vocal number, the young Ukrainian made a speech in which he pointed out the shameful fact of having representatives of the aggressor country on the internationally recognized stage.
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Source: korrespondent
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