As western nations boycott Beijing Olympics 2022, world awaits India to join the call
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Lithuania was the first nation to diplomatically boycott Beijing Olympics 2022.
New Delhi: The governments around the world are finally standing up against China’s human rights violation by diplomatically boycotting the upcoming 2022 Beijing Olympics with Lithuania being the first of many countries to announce the said boycott.
On Friday, December 3, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda announced that neither he nor his ministers would attend the upcoming Winter Olympics. Just weeks after dialogues aimed at de-escalating tensions between the world's two largest economies, the US declared on December 7 that its government representatives will boycott the Beijing Olympics in February due to China's "human rights abuses".
"While we must support and celebrate our athletes, America - and the world - cannot give our official imprimatur to these games or proceed as if there is nothing wrong with holding the Olympics in a country perpetrating genocide and mass human rights violations", Pelosi argued.
