Vienna - Sana
Austria warned today against the artificial politicization of the Winter Olympics scheduled for February next year in China, calling on the European Union countries to adopt a consensual approach in this regard.
"Turning the Winter Olympics in Beijing into a political event is futile," Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said in statements to Austrian media after the meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels today, noting that it had not yet been decided whether Austria would send diplomats accompanying the Austrian delegation. Participant in the Olympics or not,” in reference to US President Joe Biden’s calls for a political-diplomatic boycott of the Olympics and the attendance of only an athlete.
In turn, the Austrian newspaper Ostaraich website indicated that the Europeans will soon discuss this issue in an attempt to reach a unified position amid voices calling for not to comply with Washington's calls to boycott the Olympics.
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