The Organising Committee of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, has “no plan B”in the face of the Korea crisis.Lee Hee-beom, chairman of the OC, said on Monday before the IOC executive meeting in Lima:”There is no Plan B, because the games are based on the principle of the Olympic ceasefire”.
The Olympic torch will be lit on 24.The fire broke out on 1 October in Greece and on 1 October in the case of Greece.The President of the South Korean Organising Committee continued by confirming that “the Olympic Games will be held in complete security.
IOC President Thomas Bach also reiterated the security of the Games:”There is not even an indication that there is a threat to the security of the Games in the context of tensions between North Korea and some other countries,”Bach said at the start of the IOC summit in Lima.
Bach explained that the United Nations members were currently discussing a resolution on an Olympic truce that would guarantee additional security for the duration of the Games,”We hope that the discussion will be successful so that we can get a resolution,”said the 63-year-old.
Bach also expressed his hope that North Korean athletes will participate in the February games in Pyeongchang “We keep the door open for North Korean athletes.This corresponds to our political neutrality”.
The South Korean host city of Pyeongchang is located only about 80 kilometers south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which separates North Korea from South Korea.Tensions between North Korea and the USA have increased in recent weeks, and the North Korean regime led by dictator Kim Jong-un is said to have tested an atomic hydrogen bomb.