N.Korea says US actions over Beijing Games are ‘insult’ to Olympic spirit

North Korea blamed “hostile forces” and the worldwide pandemic for not with the ability to attend the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing and accused the United States and its allies of attempting to forestall the Games’ success, state media mentioned on Friday.
North Korea’s Olympic Committee and Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports despatched a letter to counterparts in China, together with the Beijing Olympics organising committee, expressing their help for the Games regardless of their absence, KCNA information company reported.
North Korea was suspended from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) till the top of 2022, that means it is going to miss out on the Beijing Winter Games, after failing to ship a group to the Tokyo Olympics final yr, citing COVID-19 issues.

“We could not take part in the Olympics due to the hostile forces’ moves and the worldwide pandemic, but we would fully support the Chinese comrades in all their work to hold splendid and wonderful Olympic festival,” the letter mentioned, in accordance with KCNA.
The letter criticised strikes by the United States and its allies as “an insult to the spirit of the worldwide Olympic Charter and as a base act of trying to shame the worldwide picture of China.

“In December, the White House announced U.S. government officials will boycott Winter Olympics because of China’s human rights “atrocities”, whereas leaving U.S. athletes free to journey to Beijing to compete.
Several different international locations, together with Britain, Australia, and Canada have additionally since introduced diplomatic boycotts. “The U.S. and its vassal forces are getting evermore undisguised in their moves against China aimed at preventing the successful opening of the Olympics,” the North Korean letter mentioned.
North Korea mentioned preparations for the Games had been being efficiently made “under the correct leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping despite the worldwide health crisis.” (Reporting by Josh Smith Editing by Alistair Bell)