France Radio quoted a report from Alsat TV as saying that Kosovo announced a boycott of the Beijing Olympics. Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu supports the US decision to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Osmani’s news adviser, Beckin Kupina, told the media in the capital Pristina that due to the violation of human rights by the Chinese Communist Party, Osmani will join the boycott of the Beijing Olympics after the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
According to the report, the “diplomatic boycott” means that Kosovo athletes will participate in the Winter Olympics, but the President of Kosovo will boycott all official ceremonies and activities performed by the head of the delegation during the Beijing Olympics.
The United States stated on December 6 that due to the CCP’s human rights abuses, the United States will not send government officials to participate in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. After the United States announced its boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada also indicated that government officials would not attend. Currently, Japan and other countries are also considering whether to join the boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda confirmed on December 2 that he would not attend the Beijing Winter Olympics in February next year. The foreign minister and other ministers also indicated that they would not attend.
The analysis pointed out that the reason why countries announced their diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics is the CCP’s human rights issues. The Chinese female internet star Peng Shuai accused the Chinese Communist Party’s former first vice premier of the State Council of the sexual assault of Zhang Gaoli as a catalyst for countries to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics.
About Kosovo and Kosovo sports
According to Wikipedia, the Republic of Kosovo (Republika Kosovo), referred to as Kosovo, is a sovereign dispute area and limited recognition country. It is located in the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe and unilaterally declared its independence in 2008. Although Serbia recognizes its democratically elected government, it only recognizes the region as one of Serbia’s two autonomous provinces (Kosovo and Metohija Autonomous Province).
Since the end of the Kosovo War in 1999, Kosovo has been only part of Serbia in name but in fact it is the trusteeship of the United Nations, under the temporary administration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.
The Kosovo flag outlines the entire territory of Kosovo on the map, with the same blue background as the European Union flag and six five-point stars representing the six ethnic groups of Kosovo, symbolizing that the European Union is the future of Kosovo. The capital of Kosovo is Pristina.
In 2016, Kosovo participated in the Summer Olympics for the first time, which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On the second day of the competition (August 7th, Brazil time), Kosovo athletes won the women’s judo 52kg class event, becoming Kosovo’s first Olympic medal and first Olympic gold medal.
On July 24, 2021, Kosovo’s Distriya Krasnic won the gold medal in the women’s 48 kg judo competition at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
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