South Korea says no boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

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SYDNEY: South Korea\u0027s president on Monday (Dec 13) ruled out joining a US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing the need to work with China. Visiting Canberra, Moon Jae-in said he was \u0022not considering\u0022 snubbing the Olympics to protest China\u0027s human rights abuses as several

The boycott was prompted by China's abuses against the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang and its smothering of democracy in Hong Kong.

Moon stressed that South Korea wanted to promote a free and open Pacific region, but also had to consider China's role in trying to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula. "We need the constructive efforts of China to enable denuclearisation of DPRK " he said, adding that Seoul wanted a harmonious relationship with Beijing.

Moon is currently on a three-day state visit to Australia, where the two countries signed a series of technology and military cooperation agreements. They include the sale of 30 howitzers - mobile artillery guns - to Australia as part of a contract worth around US$720 million.

 

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