Last Updated: December 10, 2023, 09:13 IST
Ukrainian international minister has condemned the IOC resolution as shameful. (AP Photo)
Russians and Belarusians had initially been banned from competing internationally following Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, for which Belarus has been used as a staging floor.
Ukraine should contemplate whether or not collaborating in subsequent 12 months’s Paris Olympics is within the nation’s pursuits however participation is inconceivable except the IOC alters its “non-constructive position”, Ukraine’s sports activities minister mentioned on Saturday.
Matviy Bidnyi, Ukraine’s minister of youth and sport, was talking on nationwide tv a day after the International Olympic Committee mentioned Russian and Belarusian athletes may compete in Paris as neutrals with out flags, emblems or anthems.
“The decision to participate should be made based on what it will bring to the country, what the reaction will be and how much it will bring us closer to victory,” Bidnyi mentioned, referring to Ukraine’s 21-month-outdated conflict with Russia.
“We should not make rash decisions. It will be a balanced decision and we have to communicate it to the public. We will weigh the pros and cons very carefully.”
Russians and Belarusians had initially been banned from competing internationally following Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, for which Belarus has been used as a staging floor.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Friday condemned the IOC resolution as “shameful”.
Russia’s Sports Minister, Oleg Matytsin, referred to as the situations set by the IOC for Russian athletes’ participation on the Olympics “discriminatory.”
Bidnyi mentioned Ukraine may work in the direction of collaborating if leaders got here to the conclusion that it might “promote our position to the world”.
“If we continue to see the absolutely non-constructive position of the IOC, to continue to tolerate the participation of the henchmen of the bloody (Russian) regime, this will make our participation impossible.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has for months tried to rally world help for his name for all Russian and Belarusian athletes to be barred from the Games.
However, he has not raised the query of whether or not Ukrainians will participate alongside them competing as neutrals.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
