Who’s Going To The Games: Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman On Guest List For Olympics As U.S. And Other Western Diplomats Boycott
deadline.comWhen Chinese President Xi Jinping helps open the Winter Games in Beijing on Friday, dozens of world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman also are expected to attend.The guest list also includes Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, Singapore’s President President Halimah Yacob and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
Also attending: Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates and Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar.Missing, of course, will be U.S.
officials, along with other diplomats from Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia and other countries. They are boycotting over human rights abuses in China, citing the repression of the Uyghur population and genocide against ethnic minorities.
The boycott is a diplomatic one, meaning that U.S. athletes will still compete, but it has changed the tenor of the Games, along with Covid restrictions.
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