Swiss president to attend Beijing Olympics
29/5/2008 16:50
Swiss President Pascal Couchepin has confirmed that he will attend the
opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing on Aug. 8, the official
Swissinfo news website reported yesterday.
Couchepin was quoted as saying
that Switzerland houses the seat of the International Olympic Committee and that
it was therefore "natural" that he should go.
He said his ministerial
colleagues had left the decision up to him.
Xinhua
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