<p>India on Friday joined Russia to extend support to China to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, even as the United States recently indicated that it was considering a diplomatic boycott of the international sporting event to protest human rights violations in the communist country.</p>.<p>Though the relations between New Delhi and Beijing hit a new low over the 19-month-long military stand-off along the disputed boundary between the two nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar pledged New Delhi’s support to Beijing during a virtual meeting with his Russian and Chinese counterparts, Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi, on Friday.</p>.<p>“The ministers expressed their support to China to host the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games,” according to a joint statement issued after the virtual meeting of the RIC (Russia-India-China) Foreign Ministers.</p>.<p>The Chinese Government will host the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games in Beijing from March 4-13 next year.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/tibetan-activists-stage-mock-funeral-for-ioc-over-beijing-games-1054868.html" target="_blank">Tibetan activists stage mock funeral for IOC over Beijing Games</a></strong></p>.<p>President Joe Biden of the United States recently stated that his administration was considering a diplomatic boycott of the sporting event to protest human rights violations by the Chinese Government – be it on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong or on the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and the Tibetans in Tibet.</p>.<p>The Biden administration is planning to allow US sportspersons to take part in the games in China, but it will not send a delegation of officials to Beijing. Australia, Canada and Germany may join the US in staging the diplomatic boycott to send out a message to China. Lithuania also recently raised the issue within the European Union, arguing that the 27-nation-bloc should take a common stand on the issue in coordination with the US.</p>.<p>What added to the momentum to the call for a diplomatic boycott of the games in Beijing was the recent disappearance of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/china-urges-certain-people-to-stop-malicious-hyping-of-peng-shuai-issue-1053702.html" target="_blank">Peng Shuai</a>, a celebrity tennis star of China. Peng disappeared for a few days after she publicly accused China’s senior Vice Premier, Zhang Gaoli, of sexually assaulting her. She reappeared in a tennis tournament in Beijing on November 21 last, amid global concerns about her safety and well-being. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>India on Friday joined Russia to extend support to China to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, even as the United States recently indicated that it was considering a diplomatic boycott of the international sporting event to protest human rights violations in the communist country.</p>.<p>Though the relations between New Delhi and Beijing hit a new low over the 19-month-long military stand-off along the disputed boundary between the two nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar pledged New Delhi’s support to Beijing during a virtual meeting with his Russian and Chinese counterparts, Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi, on Friday.</p>.<p>“The ministers expressed their support to China to host the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games,” according to a joint statement issued after the virtual meeting of the RIC (Russia-India-China) Foreign Ministers.</p>.<p>The Chinese Government will host the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games in Beijing from March 4-13 next year.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/tibetan-activists-stage-mock-funeral-for-ioc-over-beijing-games-1054868.html" target="_blank">Tibetan activists stage mock funeral for IOC over Beijing Games</a></strong></p>.<p>President Joe Biden of the United States recently stated that his administration was considering a diplomatic boycott of the sporting event to protest human rights violations by the Chinese Government – be it on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong or on the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and the Tibetans in Tibet.</p>.<p>The Biden administration is planning to allow US sportspersons to take part in the games in China, but it will not send a delegation of officials to Beijing. Australia, Canada and Germany may join the US in staging the diplomatic boycott to send out a message to China. Lithuania also recently raised the issue within the European Union, arguing that the 27-nation-bloc should take a common stand on the issue in coordination with the US.</p>.<p>What added to the momentum to the call for a diplomatic boycott of the games in Beijing was the recent disappearance of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/china-urges-certain-people-to-stop-malicious-hyping-of-peng-shuai-issue-1053702.html" target="_blank">Peng Shuai</a>, a celebrity tennis star of China. Peng disappeared for a few days after she publicly accused China’s senior Vice Premier, Zhang Gaoli, of sexually assaulting her. She reappeared in a tennis tournament in Beijing on November 21 last, amid global concerns about her safety and well-being. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
