The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova responded to the calls of American politicians to boycotting the Olympic Games in China in February 2022, calling their illness. Her words leads TASS.
A Russian diplomat noted that in the United States not the first time discussing a boycott towards China and other countries. “They have such, probably, the disease is to constantly discuss boycott and how and how to nurse. But it seems to me, the sport, the Olympic movement is absolutely not about it. It is about achievements, about the power of will, about the feeling of the elbow, on science, About the world, “she said.
According to Zakharova, in Russia it should be less attention to the fact that American politicians are discussed in the Senates and Congress. “Not the first and not the last time we hear all this nonsense from there,” the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was concluded.
Previously, the Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives of the US Congress Nancy Pelosi called on the international community to announce the diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games in China. In her opinion, the “heads of leading countries of the world” should refuse to participate in this sporting event.
In June, the Congressman-Republic of Michael McCall, together with the Party Colleagues, as well as representatives of Democrats, appealed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) demanding to transfer Game 2022 from Beijing. Politicians believe that it is impossible to organize an Olympics in a country where the Genocide of Uigurs and other national minorities occurs.