“We welcome the decision of the IIHF to transfer the 2021 Ice Hockey World Championship from Belarus.
We look forward to the day when the conditions for the return of the international championship will be right.
We urge Lukashenka to end the campaign to put pressure on athletes and end the harsh repression, ”Ortagus wrote on Twitter.
The 2021 Ice Hockey World Championship was to be held from May 21 to June 6 in two cities - Minsk and Riga.
On January 18, the IIHF Council decided to deprive Belarus of the right to host the 2021 World Ice Hockey Championship.
Earlier, Vasily Utkin reacted to the cancellation of the World Ice Hockey Championship in Belarus.