Wang Wenbin: The DPRK is unable to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics due to some special reasons, and the Chinese side understands

According to a report by KCNA on January 7, the DPRK Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Sports sent letters to the Chinese Olympic Committee, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, and The General Administration of Sport of China. The letter said that although the DPRK cannot participate in the Olympic Games due to the conspiratorial activities of hostile forces and the global epidemic of infectious diseases, the DPRK will support and support All matters of China's grand and wonderful Olympic event in an all-round way. In this regard, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on the 7th that the DPRK could not participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics due to some special reasons, and the Chinese side expressed its full understanding, and the Chinese side is willing to continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the DPRK in various fields, including sports, to promote the traditional friendly and cooperative relations between China and the DPRK to keep pace with the times and continuously achieve new and greater developments.

Wang Wenbin said at the Foreign Ministry's regular press conference held on the same day that China and the DPRK are close neighbors linked by mountains and rivers, and there are traditional friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries. The Chinese side expressed its gratitude to the DPRK for reiterating its support for and solidarity with China in hosting a grand and wonderful Olympic event on January 5.