Pyongyang, October 26 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson of the National Sports
Guidance Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Thursday
issued a press statement. It said:
Today, the frantic campaign of sanctions and pressure led by the U.S.
against the DPRK is stretching its tentacles deep into the area of
sports as well.
The U.S. has included various kinds of sports equipment and apparatus in
the sanctions list and sees to it that not only the sales of sports
equipment and apparatus to the DPRK are prohibited, but also the transit
through the territory of other countries of the items donated to the
DPRK by international sports organizations is blocked.
Due to the despicable and relentless pressure of the U.S., the regular
leg matches which were set to be played in Pyongyang according to the
agreements with some countries are being delayed for more than a year,
and the decisions by relevant international sports organizations to hold
2017 World Junior Judo Championship and 2018 International
Weightlifting Federation Junior World Championship in the DPRK were
overturned. Australia even denied the entry of the DPRK players to take
part in the AFC U-19 Championship 2018 Qualifiers.
Sports activities that promote friendship among peoples of the world and
development of human civilization should not be abused in any case for
sinister political purposes.
However, the heinous sanctions targeting the sports area of the DPRK,
which the U.S. pursues by instigating its vassal forces, are an act that
destroys modern civilization while seeking to overthrow the DPRK's
ideology and system and completely shut out our people from enjoying
proper cultural life.
This is clearly substantiated by the reckless remarks that Trump made
recently at the UN General Assembly about "totally destroying" the DPRK.
The U.S. abuses even the lofty goals of sports for its wicked political
purpose to topple the system of a sovereign state, but international
sports organizations should defend the ideal of sports to promote peace
and progress for humanity and development of humankind's physical
culture and modern civilization. -0-
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