India will not attend opening or closing ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympics

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India said on Thursday it would not attend the opening or closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics after China made a People's Liberation Army's regimental commander, who had suffered severe injuries during the Galwan clash, a torchbearer of the event. The ministry of external affairs (MEA) spoksaid it was regrettable that China chose to politicise the Olympics.

Qi Fabao, the regimental commander from the PLA's Xinjiang military command, who suffered a serious head injury during the Galwan Valley border skirmish on June 15, 2020, took the flame from Wang Meng, China's four-time Olympic short track speed skating champion, at Winter Olympic Park on Wednesday.

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