EU boost for China over Tibet

China's hopes of avoiding an international boycott of the 2008 Olympics received a boost on the 17 March 2008 after European Union ministers and officials said the violence in Tibet, March 2008, should not be linked to the games in Beijing.

Council of the European Union: Press Release: PRES/08/73: Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the EU on the situation in Tibet http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/cfsp/99455.pdf

Slovenia: EU Presidency: Press Release, 17.3.08: EU Sports Ministers and National Olympic Committee Presidents adopt Joint Declaration http://www.eu2008.si/en/News_and_Documents/Press_Releases/March/0317MSS_sport.html

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