Diplomatic boycott of India's Winter Olympics

India has strongly objected to the handing over of the Olympic torch to a Chinese soldier who took part in a skirmish on the Galvan border with India during the Winter Olympics in China. In response, India's top Chinese diplomats will no longer attend the opening or closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics.

India's foreign ministry today strongly protested the incident, announcing that China had given a political color to a sporting event like the Olympics, which is regrettable. The Indian government has decided to boycott the opening or closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics to its diplomatic officials. This was officially announced by the Ministry of External Affairs.

In 2020, when the country was battling the Koro epidemic, Indian troops clashed with Chinese troops at Galwan in 2020, killing soldiers on both sides.

Ta. As many as 20 Indian soldiers were killed in the clashes on June 12, 2020, and China claimed that only five soldiers died in the river. However, an Australian organization said in a report released on Thursday that at least eight Chinese soldiers had been killed.

India today announced a diplomatic boycott in protest of the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on February 8, following the selection of people carrying torches at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.