Morocco's Olympic committee opposes politicization of Olympics
24/4/2008 16:50
Moroccan National Olympic Committee Secretary General Noureddine
Benabdennbi has said the committee firmly supports the Beijing Olympics and is
opposed to any politicization of the Games, local media reported
yesterday.
Morocco had announced its opposition to any attempt to boycott the
Beijing Olympics at the 16th general assembly of the Association of National
Olympic Committees (ANOC) in Beijing earlier this month, Benabdennbi was quoted
as saying by the Arab daily Annahar Al-Maghribia.
Morocco respects the
Olympic spirit and the Olympic Charter and believes that the Games should not be
linked to political issues, he added.
The secretary general said his country
will send 50 athletes to the Beijing Olympics.
Wang Baoyi, cultural counselor
at the Chinese embassy in Morocco, said the Olympics represents the ideology of
peace, friendship and progress and is a grand sporting event for people around
the world, the newspaper reported.
Some westerners may be trying to willfully
politicize the event, but their attempts will fall through, Wang
asserted.
Xinhua
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