Olympic Games: Syrian athletes will be able to take
part in the London Olympics this summer but any of the country's
officials covered by a European Union travel ban will not be welcome at
the Games, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday.
The
presence of the Syrian delegation at the London Games starting in July
is set to be controversial after more than a year of protests against
President Bashar al-Assad's rule led to violence that the United Nations
says has killed 9,000 people.
Syrian opposition activists quoted in the British media have
urged Britain to ban the head of Syria's National Olympic Committee,
General Mowaffak Joumaa, and other officials regarded as close to Assad,
from the Olympics.
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