Guangzhou Daily News (all-media reporter Bai Zhibiao) yesterday, Beijing time, the three-party talks between North Korea, South Korea and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ended in Lausanne, Switzerland. IOC official sources said, in addition to planning to jointly attend the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the two sides will also jointly form teams to participate in four competitions including women’s basketball and women’s songs. In addition, the two sides also proposed to jointly bid for the 2032 Olympic Games.
The representatives of the three parties discussed the matters related to the Olympic Games, and the IOC finally confirmed that the two Koreas and the two sides, in addition to joining the delegation again to participate in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, on the basis of complying with the guiding principles of major and sub-items of the relevant Olympic Games and obtaining relevant qualifications, it is agreed that the two Koreas will jointly form teams to participate in the women’s basketball of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, women’s songs, male and female four-person double paddle and eight-person single paddle competitions in judo mixed group competition and rowing project.
As the two Koreas are still considering the joint formation of teams to participate in more Olympic events, IOC stressed that as long as they apply before the opening of the Olympic qualifying tournament, they will be considered. In addition, the two sides also formally proposed that they hope to jointly bid for the 2032 Summer Olympic Games, and IOC welcomed this.