[January 22nd CGTN Japanese]Abdullah Shahid, the 76th UN General Assembly Chairman (Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives), spokesman at the office on the 20th local time at the invitation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics and officially announced that he would participate in the torch relay.
According to this, the IOC President will hand over the torch to Chair Shahid. A spokesman for the UN General Assembly’s office added, “More details will be announced in the near future.”
On the morning of the same day, Chairman Shahid called on countries to comply with the Olympic Truce resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in December. (c) CGTN Japanese / AFPBB News
