Meeting with IOC President Xi Bach of China Confident in the success of the Beijing Games

China's President Xi Jinping met with Bach, chairman of the IOC = International Olympic Committee, who is visiting China before the opening of the Beijing Olympics, and expressed confidence in the success of the Games, saying that "it can be held smoothly as planned". I did.

According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Xi Jinping met in Beijing on the afternoon of the 25th with IOC Chairman Bach, who has been visiting China since the 22nd of this month, before the opening of the Beijing Olympics on the 4th of next month.

In this, President Xi said, "We are all ready for the tournament and we can hold it smoothly as planned."

In addition, he said that nearly 3,000 athletes from about 90 countries and regions will participate in this competition, saying, "The Beijing Olympics are supported not only by Chinese people but also by the international community. We are the competition. I fully believe that we can protect the safety of the people concerned and the people of China, "he emphasized that he is doing everything in his power to combat the new corona virus.

Meanwhile, the IOC said at the meeting that measures against the new coronavirus of the Beijing Olympics were discussed, and Chairman Bach told President Xi, "I am very impressed that everyone in China is welcoming the Olympics. It is said that he said, "That."

Talks with the leaders of five Central Asian countries that are closely related to "One Belt, One Road"

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, President Xi Jinping will meet online with the leaders of five Central Asian countries, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, who will deepen their ties with the Belt and Road Initiative on the afternoon of the 25th. did.

Among them, the leaders of all five countries expressed strong expectations for visiting China next week to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

As China, the United States and the United Kingdom have announced that they will not send government officials to the Beijing Olympics because of human rights issues in China, and the leaders of each country will participate in the opening ceremony. Therefore, it seems that there is also an aim to emphasize the claim that these opinions are not representative of the international community.