The head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach announced that the organization will maintain political neutrality in relation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

" In this matter, the IOC adheres to political neutrality..

Our responsibility is to host the Games in accordance with the Olympic Charter and the host city contract, and to bring all 206 athletes and a refugee team under one roof..

Going beyond this, expecting that the Olympics can radically change the country, its political system and laws is too high an expectation..

The Olympics cannot solve problems that have not been solved by generations of politicians, " com with reference to DPA.

Earlier it became known that the United States will not send its official and diplomatic representatives to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing..

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Earlier, the Chinese Foreign Ministry called the diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Olympics by the United States a political provocation.