A spokesman for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the organization respects the United States’ decision to boycott the Beijing 2022 Olympics. Information about this on Monday, December 6, reports agency France Presse…
“The presence of government officials and diplomats is a purely political decision of each government, which the IOC, observing political neutrality, fully respects,” the agency quoted the committee as saying.
According to the representative of the international organization, the statement of the US authorities “makes it clear that the Olympic Games and the participation of athletes in them are out of politics.”
The US administration decided to arrange a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics earlier Monday. It was noted that this step will not affect the participation of American athletes in the Games. The reason for the decision in the White House was called “the genocide in Xinjiang and other violations of human rights.”
The Canadian authorities, following the US, announced that they are studying the issue of a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.
In turn, the Chinese government called the United States’ decision to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics diplomatically as an ostentatious move and political manipulation.
The Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing from 4 to 20 February 2022.
The PRC is credited with massive repression against the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In addition, it is alleged that during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, a number of athletes, spectators and journalists faced “a serious violation of their fundamental freedoms.”
On May 18, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for a “diplomatic boycott” of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over “human rights violations” in China.
In response, the Chinese Foreign Ministry called on the United States to stop using the Olympics in its political games.
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