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BEIJING, Feb. 3 Representatives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed to meet with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai during the Beijing Winter Olympics, the head of the organization, Thomas Bach, told reporters following the IOC session on Thursday. «We will meet Peng Shuai here very soon. We agreed with her, she herself wanted to meet. Now she needs to go procedures to enter our bubble, after which we will have a meeting,” said Bach. before making statements. When this happened, I suggested that we meet in China. We should listen to her, understand how she sees the situation, what development she wants. We will support her. But the decision must be made by her, this is her life, her accusations. We can continue this conversation after our personal meeting with Peng Shu ai,» he added. In early November 2021, Peng Shuai, 35, on her Weibo account was reported to have accused Zhang Gaoli, 75, former Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, of that he forced her to have sex. This post was quickly deleted, the athlete's accounts disappeared from the Chinese Internet and social networks, the athlete stopped communicating. On November 21, the IOC reported that the president of the organization spoke with Peng Shuai via video link — she said that «everything is fine with her.» Earlier it was reported that Peng Shuai was waiting for a meeting with IOC President Thomas Bach and Chairman of the Athletes' Commission Emma Terho.