The Latvia Prime Minister, Evika Silina has revealed that Latvia won’t stand in the best way of Russian Olympic athletes and that her authorities refuses to deny them entry into the Schengen Area.
The statements adopted a assembly with President Edgars Rinkevics, forward of the Olympics, scheduled to happen in Paris, from July 26 to August 11, Schengen.News experiences.
According to PM Silina, it’s the duty of the organisers to deal with the problems of athletes who promote Russia and that “Latvians don’t have to become more Ukrainian than Ukrainians.”
It is important for us to enable athletes, together with these from Ukraine, to show themselves.
Latvian Prime Minister
International Olympic Committee Allows Russian Athletes to Participate in Olympics
In December 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gave the inexperienced mild to Russian athletes who need to take part within the Olympics, permitting them to carry out.
However, some more stringent guidelines will apply to these athletes, which means that they won’t be permitted to take part as staff members. In addition, athletes and repair personnel who assist the conflict in Ukraine in addition to the regime in Russia and Ukraine, may even be disregarded of the competitors.
Moreover, Russian and Belarusian particular person athletes won’t attend the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, and likewise won’t have their flags, anthems and national symbols displayed during the competitors. Latvian athletes are additionally discouraged from any sort of contact with them.
So far, out of 36 athletes from Russia and 24 from Belarus, which have been allowed to compete within the Olympics this yr, solely 15 have determined to take part.
Latvia Eases Approach Towards Russians
While in 2023, Latvia was one of the primary international locations to threaten to boycott the Olympics if Russian and Belarussian athletes had been allowed to compete, this yr Latvia says it won’t stop them from taking part within the competitors.
For as long as there’s an ongoing conflict in Ukraine, participation of the Russian and Belarusian athletes within the Olympic Games below any flag is unacceptable.
Latvia’s National Olympic Committee (NOC)
According to the assertion, the presence of Russia and Belarus on the Olympics would imply encouragement and normalisation of conflict crimes.
Altogether with Estonia and Lithuania, the three international locations – often called the Baltic international locations, share a border with Russia, nevertheless, the one need that was contemplating dropping out of the Olympics in protest of Russian and Belarusian athletes, was Latvia.