Austrian Olympians are afraid to go to the Winter Games-2018, which takes the South Korean city of Pyeongchang. And the whole fault is the continuing development of the nuclear missile program of the neighboring DPRK, R-Sport informs on Friday, September 22,.
"If the situation worsens and the safety of our athletes is no longer guaranteed, we will not go to South Korea. We, however, do not believe that this will happen today, "said the head of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Austria Karl Stoss.
On the eve of the same warning, the French Minister of Sports Laura Flessel. She said that the national team will not participate in the Olympics in South Korea, if the safety of athletes is not guaranteed. "We do not want to expose a team of danger. Now we continue to monitor the situation together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "she said.. Meanwhile last week the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, said that there is no security threat at the Games-2018 because of tensions between the DPRK and some other countries. "We keep the doors open for North Korean athletes. This is our political neutrality, "added Bach.
Recall, on September 3 Pyongyang said that it had successfully tested a hydrogen warhead, which is designed to equip intercontinental ballistic missiles. This was the sixth nuclear test of the DPRK. A week before, the North Koreans had tested a ballistic missile that flew across Japan.
US President Donald Trump, speaking at the UN General Assembly on September 19, said his country could "completely destroy" North Korea, since Washington will have no other choice if the DPRK continues to threaten the Americans and their allies. These words, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Korea, Lee Yong-ho, called "barking dogs".
Today, Trump's speech was also commented on by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who considered it a declaration of the North Korean war by the United States. In addition, he called the owner of the Oval Office "a crazy American old man" who "will surely be tamed by fire". Trump in debt did not stay and in madness accused Kim Jong-no from his Twitter page.
Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, which is located 80 km from the border with North Korea, will be held from 9 to 25 February 2018.