“The Olympic Truce is a traditional signal for all guns to be silent during the Games.
People and nations can develop this respite in order to establish a long ceasefire and find a way to sustainable peace <...> I call on all parties to conflicts to observe the Olympic Truce during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, "TASS quoted him as saying.
He noted that "striving for peace and unity for common goals is even more important this year as we fight to end the pandemic."
The Olympic Games in Tokyo will be held from July 23 to August 8.
Earlier it was reported that the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga on the eve of the start of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.