Russian President Putin affirms to attend the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 17, Dec 2021

Russian president Vladimir Putin has pledged to attend the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. He becomes the first major western leader to indicate his attendance. His remarks came in a video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who said he looked forward to a get-together.

It comes as a growing number of countries have joined a diplomatic boycott of the Games. This is due to alleged human rights abuses in China, which Beijing denies.

The US, UK, Australia and Canada have said their high-level officials will not be attending the winter Games, which will take place in February, as a result. However, athletes from these countries will still be in attendance. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also added that he had no plans to attend the Games at the moment.

Sources : News On Air