00:00You know, this decision is not depending on the war, the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee.
00:08If we would make this depending on the war, we would have to suspend maybe 50 or even 100
00:17National Olympic Committees more in the world. We are not, we are a politically neutral
00:26organization. So there, the first condition for Russia to participate is to follow the rules.
00:41And there the ball is in their court. And there, if you want already to,
00:51yeah, for once I allow myself to speculate a little bit, but don't take it as a precedence.
01:04There, you know, a ceasefire could have an influence if in these
01:16discussions, in these results, the status of these Ukrainian regions
01:33would be defined somehow in agreement with everybody. Then, of course, the IOC,
01:45I cannot speak for the IOC anymore until then, I don't know. But it was always our policy,
01:53and I hope it will be that we will not take political sides and not take political
02:01sanctions that some have done, even in the Olympic movement. But that then, you know,
02:10we would accept, of course, kind of international law. The territories is not up to us to decide.
02:24This is then for governments and states. And if in this way, a ceasefire or what we all hope for,
02:34even better, a peace agreement would address the status of this region, then, of course,
02:45the IOC will fully accept this and take the consequences.
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