ＩＯＣは「戦争を助長」 ウクライナ大統領府顧問が非難

【キーウＡＦＰ＝時事】ウクライナ大統領府のミハイロ・ポドリャク顧問は３０日、ロシアとベラルーシの選手の国際大会復帰を検討すると表明した国際オリンピック委員会（ＩＯＣ）について、「戦争を助長」していると非難した。（写真は資料写真）
　ポドリャク氏はツイッターに「ＩＯＣは戦争と殺人、破壊を助長している。ＩＯＣはロシアがウクライナを破壊する様子をうれしそうに眺めた後、ジェノサイド（集団殺害）を助長し、さらなる殺人行為を奨励するための舞台をロシアに提供しようとしている」と投稿。
　さらにトーマス・バッハＩＯＣ会長に向けて、「五輪の偽善を買うロシアの金からは、ウクライナ国民の血の臭いはしないようだ。そうですね、バッハ氏？」と問い掛けた。
　ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻開始以降、ロシアとベラルーシは五輪競技のほぼすべての大会から除外されてきた。
　だがＩＯＣは先週、自国を代表しない中立の立場での参加など、両国の選手の参加を認める「道筋」を検討していると表明し、批判にさらされている。
　ウクライナのウォロディミル・ゼレンスキー大統領は２９日夜の定例会見で、来年のパリ五輪でロシアの参加を認めれば、「テロは許容し得るものだ」という態度を示すことになると指摘。
　さらに、フランスのエマニュエル・マクロン大統領と先週電話会談を行った後に、この件に関して書簡を送ったことも明らかにした。
　その上でゼレンスキー大統領は、「ロシアによる侵略や愛国主義の宣伝に、五輪やその他の国際スポーツ大会を絶対に利用させてはならない」と訴えた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/01/31-13:10）

Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhaylo Podolyak on Monday called the International Olympic Committee a promoter of war after the sports body said it was considering ways for Russian athletes to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The IOC said last week it was examining a pathway for Russians to take part in the summer Games next year, probably as neutral athletes rather than under their national flag.
Russia and its ally Belarus have been sidelined from most Olympic sports since Russian forces invaded Ukraine last February.
(The) IOC is a promoter of war, murder and destruction. The IOC watches with pleasure Russia destroying Ukraine and then offers Russia a platform to promote genocide and encourages their further killings, Podolyak said on Twitter.
Obviously Russian money that buys Olympic hypocrisy doesn't have a smell of Ukrainian blood. Right, Mr. Bach? he added, referring to IOC president Thomas Bach.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday Russia's participation in the Paris Olympics would amount to showing that terror can allegedly be something acceptable.
As if it is possible to turn a blind eye to what Russia is doing to Kherson, to Kharkiv, to Bakhmut and Avdiivka, Zelensky said in his nightly address, referring to cities under constant Russian attacks.
Zelensky added that he had sent a letter to President Emmanuel Macron on the matter following a phone call with the French leader last week.
We must be sure that Russia will not be able to use it (the Olympics) or any other international sporting event to promote aggression or its state chauvinism, he said.
Ukraine's Sports Minister Vadym Goutzeit has warned his country could boycott next year's Olympics if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to take part.
Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday that of the 71 medals that Russian competitors won at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 45 were won by athletes who were members of the Central Sports Club of the Russian Army, or CSKA.
The army that commits atrocities, kills, rapes, and loots, Kuleba said. This is whom the ignorant IOC wants to put under (the) white flag allowing (them) to compete.
The Olympic Council of Asia last week offered Russian and Belarusian athletes the chance to compete in this year's Asian Games.
That was a significant move because it allows athletes from those two countries to gain qualifying standards they need to compete at the Paris Olympics.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has said she would be in favour of Russians taking part in Paris as neutrals but the Paris organisers have no say over which nations compete in Olympic Games.
The IOC reiterated last week that the international federations for each Olympic sport were the sole authority for its international competitions.