Europe 1 with AFP 09:45 a.m., December 09, 2021, modified at 09:45 a.m., December 09, 2021

Education and Sports Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said Thursday on RMC / BFMTV that France would not boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on a diplomatic level, unlike the United States, Canada, 'Australia and UK.

"France will not do it," Blanquer said, adding that he would not however be making the trip to Beijing in February for the competition but that Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu would visit China.

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