{"id":45567,"date":"2023-01-31T23:44:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/poland-baltic-states-against-letting-belarusian-russian-athletes-into-paris-olympics\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"poland-baltic-states-against-letting-belarusian-russian-athletes-into-paris-olympics","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45567\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland, Baltic states against letting Belarusian, Russian athletes into Paris Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 31, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have voiced opposition to admitting Belarusian and Russian athletes to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. <\/p>\n<p> A statement to this effect was made following a meeting of the four countries\u2019 foreign ministers in Riga, <span>Interfax-Ukraine<\/span> reported on January 31.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe all agree that as long as Russia, with Belarus\u2019 backing, continues the unprovoked, direct aggression against Ukraine, this step cannot be supported. It is unacceptable,\u201d Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds said (quote rendered from Ukrainian).<\/p>\n<p> The Baltic states and Poland believe that Russian and Belarusian players shouldn\u2019t be allowed to compete even under the neutral flag, he added.<\/p>\n<p> On January 30, Polish Sports Minister Kamil Bortniczuk suggested creating a coalition to bar Belarus and Russia from the Olympics, noting that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) could be presented with an ultimatum.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cPoland and the UK are at the forefront of efforts to create a coalition against Russian and Belarusian participation in the 2024 Olympics,\u201d he said (rendered from Russian).<\/p>\n<p> Ukraine had warned that it may boycott the 2024 Games if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete.<\/p>\n<p>On January 25, the IOC\u2019s executive board reaffirmed the sanctions imposed against Russian and Belarusian sportspeople over hostilities in Ukraine. At the same time, it noted that \u201cno athlete should be prevented from competing just because of their passport.\u201d It suggested that Russians and Belarusians may be allowed to compete if they have not supported the invasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 31, BPN. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have voiced opposition to admitting Belarusian and Russian athletes to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. A statement to this effect was made following a meeting of the four countries\u2019 foreign ministers in Riga, Interfax-Ukraine reported on January 31. \u201cWe all agree that as long as Russia, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45567","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poland, Baltic states against letting Belarusian, Russian athletes into Paris Olympics | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 31, BPN. 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