UN chief Guterres will attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, his spokesperson says, after the US announced a diplomatic boycott and several other nations followed suit
The US said its athletes would still compete, but that it would not send a diplomatic delegation in a protest against rights abuses by China. "The secretary-general received an invitation from the International Olympic Committee to attend the opening of the Beijing Winter Games and he has accepted it," his spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters on Thursday.
The United States said its athletes would still compete, but that it would not send a diplomatic delegation in a protest against rights abuses by China.France has no plans to join the boycott, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, calling such a move "insignificant." In reaction to the “diplomatic boycott” of the games, China on Thursday called for the “depoliticisation of sports.”“The Winter Olympic Games is not a stage for political posturing,” Wang said as Beijing is set to host the world’s biggest winter games next February.
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