MOSCOW, Oct 1 To the representatives of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Ukraine and Sweden were banned from making political statements when they tried to oppose the admission of Russian and Belarusian delegates to the seminar of the European Olympic Committees (EOC). The EOC seminar takes place in Greece from 30 September to 1 October. Executive Director of the Swedish Olympic Committee Peter Reinebo opposed the participation of Russians and Belarusians at the seminar and referred to the statement of the NOCs of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Åland Islands, Iceland, Norway, Greenland and the Faroe Islands regarding the possible return of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials to the international sport. Reinebo's speech was interrupted by the head of the EOC, Spyros Capralos. «Sorry, we said very clearly that the decision on their participation was made by the IOC executive committee. We are not going to discuss discussions about Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and all other things that have political overtones. I am very He clearly expressed this in his opening speech,» Kapralos is quoted by Inside the Games. Also, the manager of international relations of the NOC of Ukraine, Alla Tarasyuk, tried to speak out against the participation of Russian and Belarusian delegates at the seminar, but she was stopped by the silver medalist of the Olympic Games in water polo from Greece, Stavroula Kozompoli who was the co-host of the ceremonies.
