Moscow, December 15 (EFE). – Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed today that he will attend the opening of the Winter Olympics, which will be held in Beijing between February 4 and 20 next year, in a video summit. With his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
“I am confident that we will finally be able to meet in person in Beijing in February next year. As we agreed, we will conduct negotiations. After that, we will participate in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics,” said the Chairman of the Committee. The Kremlin.
He stressed that Russia and China support each other on issues of international sports cooperation, including “rejection of any attempt to politicize sports and the Olympic movement.”
“I have no doubts that the next Winter Olympics will be held at the highest level. China knows how to do it,” the Russian president said.
In turn, Xi, according to the Russian translation, indicated that he was “impatiently waiting for the Olympic meeting” with Putin.
“I am ready to move hand in hand with you to open a new page together in China-Russia relations in the post-epidemic period,” the Chinese president said.
The United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom have announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics over human rights violations in China, a measure the European Union is also considering.
Russia, which has been approved for doping charges, will participate in the Beijing Olympics under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee and when its athletes climb to the top of the podium instead of the Russian anthem, Tchaikovsky’s No. 1 Piano Concerto will be heard.
