Australia is considering not sending any government officials to the Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing in February amid growing calls from lawmakers for an official diplomatic boycott, the Sydney Morning Herald said in a report yesterday. A diplomatic boycott would involve not sending a delegation of officials, but allowing athletes to participate. "A decision on [Australia's] representation at the Beijing Winter Olympics is yet to be made," a spokesperson for Sports Minister Richard Colbeck said. Australia is awaiting the decision by the Biden administration before it makes a call on a diplomatic boycott, the report in the Sydney Morning Herald said. Both the United States and Britain are close allies of Australia and the countries in September entered into a security partnership to help Australia build nuclear submarines.

Source: The Standard November 26, 2021 07:12 UTC