Most invited countries will attend Friday's Nobel peace prize ceremony in Oslo for jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Institute director Geir Lundestad said, contradicting a statement from China.
"You only have to look at the figures. The vast majority of countries invited will be represented," Lundestad told AFP.
According to the Nobel Institute, 44 embassies have accepted invitations to the event while 19 have refused "for various reasons" and two have not replied.
China said earlier the vast majority of embassies had refused invitations to the ceremony in honour of Liu, described by Beijing as a criminal.
The institute traditionally sends invitations to all embassies in Oslo to attend the Nobel prize ceremony.
In Beijing, China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters on Tuesday "the vast majority of the international community will not attend the ceremony".
"More than 100 countries support us," he said.
Liu, a writer, was jailed in December 2009 for 11 years on subversion charges after co-authoring "Charter 08", a manifesto that spread quickly on the internet calling for political reform and greater rights in China.
Beijing has accused Norway of undermining relations and encouraging a "criminal" in the wake of the honour bestowed upon Liu in October by the Oslo-based Nobel committee.