UK PM Johnson expresses support for Tokyo Olympics (updated)
11/06/2021 13:12
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CARBIS BAY, England, June 11 (Reuters) - British Prime
Minister Boris Johnson on Friday expressed support for the Tokyo
Olympics at a meeting with Japan's Yoshihide Suga and welcomed
efforts to ensure the Games can take place safely, his Downing
Street office said.
"The prime minister expressed his support for the Tokyo
Olympics, and welcomed Japanese efforts to ensure the Games can
take place safely," a Downing Street spokesperson said after the
meeting in the British seaside resort of Carbis Bay.
The Japanese government and Olympic organisers have said the
Games will go ahead - barring "Armageddon", as one International
Olympic Committee (IOC) member put it.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which were postponed once due
to the global spread of the coronavirus, is scheduled to start
on July 23.
Tokyo 2020 would be "grateful" if Group of Seven countries
could support the Summer Games going ahead as planned, Tokyo
2020 organising committee president Seiko Hashimoto said on
Friday.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Kate Holton)
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