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Article: (Beijing Olympics)OCA president calls for support for Beijing Games
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 6, 2008
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(Beijing Olympics)OCA president calls for support for Beijing
Games
BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- President of the Olympic Council of
Asia (OCA) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday called
on all OCA members to support China for the successful delivery of
the 2008 Olympic Games.
"It is important for Asian countries to stand behind China ... as
the success of the Beijing Olympics is the success of Asia," Sheikh
Ahmad told Xinhua on the sidelines of the general assembly of the
Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), which will open
in Beijing on Monday.
Sheikh Ahmad also said that the Olympic Games should not be
politicalized.
"Sport is sport, politics is politics. My ...