Data map: the inter-Korean delegation entered the Jakarta Asian Games. Taken by Hou Yu, China News Agency reporter
China News Agency, Beijing, February 16 -geneva news: on the 15th local time, the International Olympic Committee held a tripartite working meeting with the North and South Korea at its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, where delegates discussed matters related to the Olympic Games. The meeting agreed that, on the basis of observing the guiding principles of major and sub-items of the relevant Olympic Games and obtaining the relevant qualification for the competition, it is agreed that North Korea and South Korea will jointly form teams to participate in the competition of four projects such as women’s basketball in Tokyo Olympic Games.
According to the official website of the International Olympic Committee, after research, it is agreed that the North and South Korea will jointly form teams to participate in the women’s basketball, women’s hockey, judo mixed group competition and rowing project of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the premise is that the inter-Korean United team can get the qualification in the above projects.
The News said that the two Koreas were still considering the joint formation of teams to participate in more Olympic projects. The International Olympic Committee informed them that if they applied in time before the Olympic qualifier, they would consider it.
The International Olympic Committee said that all parties agreed to continue to take the preliminary results of this working meeting as the basis and resolve all outstanding issues in close consultation. Any result needs to be approved by the IOC executive committee, which will hold its next meeting in Lausanne on March 26-28.
In addition, the two sides also formally proposed that they hope to jointly bid for the 2032 Summer Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee welcomed this initiative, prepared to assist both sides in the technical details of the event organization, and invited the joint working group of the two Koreas to visit the International Olympic Committee again to discuss various possibilities.
International Olympic Committee President Bach said: “We have a good foundation to continue and achieve further development before the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Sports will continue to build bridges to show the unity of the Olympic Games. Therefore, we warmly welcome the historic initiative of the two Koreas to jointly bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics.”
The President of the Korean Olympic Committee, the gold and daylight color sports minister and the South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, both Zhong huan, agreed that the two sides had continued close communication since the successful cooperation in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, looking forward to hosting the Summer Olympics in Pyongyang and Seoul.
The Korean delegation joined hands at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and jointly formed a women’s ice hockey team to participate in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be the first Summer Olympic Games in which the two sides jointly form teams to participate. (Finished)