The head of the IOC about the call for a boycott of the 2018 world Cup: it is contrary to the spirit of sport
German printed edition, published on the first day of the week interview of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, in which he tried to convince to ignore the world Cup football in 2018 in Russia, decided to see if the initiative of the Ukrainian leader of the German people's deputies, the Ministers And the German sports figures. Views differed from the support to the harsh opponents.
"If Ukraine will not be peace, no Championship in Russia will not. Only from the leadership of the Russian Federation depends, will host the 2018 world Cup in Russia or not. No matter what decides FIFA - the last word will be for the national football associations, " said head of sport in the Bundestag Frank Steffel (Frank Steffel).
"I can't imagine holding the 2018 world Cup in Russia," has categorically the Minister of internal Affairs of Hessen Peter Boit (Peter Beuth).
"a similar question must be discussed in the light of further developments. We cannot exclude the Boycott, but We can't pour oil on the fire difficult And tense political situation, " - said the Minister of the interior And sports of Bavaria Joachim Herrmann (Joachim Herrmann).
the head of the football club "Borussia Dortmund" Hans-Joachim Vatske (Hans-Joachim Watzke) said that this question cannot be solved by individual countries - it is in the competence of FIFA. The same view is shared by the head of the sports Bayern Munich's Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Karl-Heinz Rummenigge).
The head of the international Olympic division Thomas Bach expressed fundamentally against the boycott.
"From my bitter experience with the boycott of the capital of the Olympic games-80 I know very well that such rallies, boycotts of sporting events lead to nothing. Even when they are organized on the initiative of politicians. And the vast majority of leaders in the modern world know this very well. Boycott contrary to the spirit of sport, designed to build bridges between peoples, and not to divide them. The sport may be the last door to dialogue, which should always be kept open. No matter what, I dream that political efforts will lead to a peaceful settlement of the conflict ", - said the Head of the IOC.
Petro Poroshenko, committed a visit to Germany, in an interview with Bild that supports the Boycott regarding the holding of the world Cup in Russia in 2018, because " as long as the Russian parts are in Ukraine, hosting the world Cup in this country is unthinkable ", and condemned the German Chancellor Angela Merkel for planning the visit to the Russian Federation on 10 may.
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