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Some foreign officials express confidence in Beijing Olympics success
18/4/2008 17:06

Senior officials from some foreign countries have expressed confidence that China will hold the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games successfully.
Abdel Azim Wazir, governor of Egypt's Cairo province, told Xinhua yesterday that he is very glad that the Olympic Games will be held in China, a country with great ancient civilization. He believes that the Beijing Olympics will be a complete success.
Wazir condemned the sabotage activities against the torch relay, saying that sports is an event of peace aimed to bring peace to all countries in the world.
Members of the Cameroon-China Friendship Group in the Cameroonian parliament also expressed their "firm" belief that China will successfully hold the Olympic Games and hoped that athletes of Cameroon and China will do an excellent job.
The Olympic Games is a grand sports gathering and the people of Cameroon eagerly look forward to the opening of the Beijing Olympics, they said when meeting with Chinese ambassador to Cameroon Huang Changqing on Wednesday.
Uruguayan Foreign Ministry issued a communique Wednesday to reiterate the country's support for the Beijing Olympic Games.
The Olympics is the most important sports event in the world and it will go beyond the borders and promote the spirit of friendship of mankind, the communique said.



Xinhua