North Korea refused to participate in the Olympics due to “actions of hostile forces” :: Others :: RBC Sport

North Korea will miss its second Olympics in a row. “The anti-Chinese plots by the United States and its supporters to prevent the successful holding of the Olympic Games are becoming more and more vicious,” the DPRK said in a letter to the organizers of the Games.

The DPRK refused to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. About that reported on the Korea Central Telegraph Agency (CTAC) website.

“We will not be able to participate in the Games due to the actions of hostile forces and the pandemic, but we will fully support our Chinese comrades in their work to prepare a great and wonderful Olympic celebration,” the DPRK sent to the Beijing Olympics. organizing committee in a letter.

He also indicates that “the anti-Chinese plots of the United States and its supporters to prevent the successful holding of the Olympic Games are becoming more and more vicious.”

The DPRK also did not participate in the Tokyo Summer Olympics due to the pandemic.

The DPRK made its debut at the 1964 Winter Games, after which it skipped the 1968, 1976, 1980, 1994, 2002 and 2014 Olympics.

The Olympic Games will be held in Beijing from February 4 to 20, 2022.

White House December 6 reportedthat the administration of US President Joseph Biden will not send diplomatic or official representatives to the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki explained this by “the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang (the West accuses Beijing of massive crackdown on the Muslim Uyghurs who live there. – RBK) and other human rights violations ”.

The diplomatic boycott was later joined by Australia and Canadian. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaking in the British Parliament House of Commons on December 8, also said members of the government would not visit the capital of the PRC, i.e. “there will in fact be a diplomatic boycott.” China’s Foreign Ministry later said countries that declared a diplomatic boycott of the Games “will inevitably pay for their actions.”