By IRNA
Berlin : The commissioner for European Union foreign policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner on Saturday pointed to a possible boycott of this summer’s Olympic Games in China.
Speaking with the Sunday daily Bild am Sonntag, Ferrero-Waldner stressed that the Olympic Games should take place in an environment, “reflecting the Olympic spirit.”
“This includes respecting human rights as well as unrestricted freedom of opinion and press. We should monitor closely how Beijing behaves over the next weeks and then decide about boycott measures,” the EU official said.
She urged China to resume talks with representatives of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama in an effort “to end the discrimination of the Tibetan nation.”
Ferrero-Waldner made also clear that the violence against peaceful demonstrators in Tibet “must end.”
China’s recent harsh security clampdown in Tibet has sparked international condemnation.