BEJING, Jan 19 Attempts to undermine and discredit the Beijing Winter Olympics will not succeed success, such actions only harm the interests of athletes of all countries and the international Olympic movement, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a briefing on Wednesday, commenting on the statement by the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, about the US campaign to discredit the Olympic Games 2022. Previously, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin said that Russia has information about the campaign of the United States and its allies to discredit the 2022 Games. According to him, the main role in these actions is played by the US State Department, which coordinates all anti-Chinese activity on the Olympic theme of non-governmental organizations and the media under its control. of the Beijing Winter Olympics harm the interests of athletes of all countries and the international Olympic movement, go against the Olympic spirit and do not correspond to mainstream public opinion in the international community,» said a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
