Confirms diplomatic Olympic boycott
Australia will not send any official representatives to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.
“Australia will not step back from the strong position we have taken in favor of Australian interests, and it is obvious that it comes as no surprise that we do not send any official representatives to the Winter Games,” Morrison said on Wednesday.
Thus, Australia is on the same line as the United States. On Monday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden will not send any official representatives to next year’s Winter Olympics.
A number of countries, led by the United States, have long prepared for a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics in China due to criticism leveled at the Chinese authorities, especially at the treatment of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang province in the west of the country.
The Norwegian government has made it clear that a Norwegian diplomatic boycott is not relevant. (NTB)
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