MOSCOW : President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia and China shared common values and that both rejected the diplomatic boycott by some Western countries of the 2022 Winter Olympics that open in Beijing on Feb. 4.
Speaking to Russian Olympians during a televised virtual meeting, Putin said Russia and its"Chinese friends" shared an approach to international sport. Putin will fill the void left by foreign dignitaries at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics and will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping while in the Chinese capital.
At the Beijing Games, which run until Feb. 20, the 212 Russian athletes will be competing as representatives of the Russian Olympic Committee under the acronym"ROC", as they did at the Tokyo Summer Olympics last year.
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