PAKISTAN: The Olympic Games, which is considered as a world-class sporting event integrating sportsmanship, national spirit and internationalism, symbolizing world peace, friendship and unity, is an international movement, which emphasizes mutual understanding, friendship and unity. In a statement issued on Thursday Chairman of AZB Global Trade & Exhibitions Syed Turab Shah said that the Beijing Winter Olympics, in the first week of February in Beijing, should be an occasion for promoting peace, friendship and unity among the countries in the world.
We believe that sport can bring people of all backgrounds together in peace and have a transformational impact on societies. Change starts with sport, and together we can create a more peaceful world. He argued that Beijing is not only holding the Winter Olympics to demonstrate Chinese modernity and wealth, but also to share and promote prosperity and peace among worldwide partners. Beijing wants to promote peace, prosperity and unity through the Olympic. Olympic-style major events can promote multilateralism, understanding and peace, even across competing nation-states.
We would like to wish the China, organizers every success and the athletes the very best Beijing Winter Olympics. The people of Pakistan and Prime Minister Imran Khan greatly admire China’s unprecedented achievements in economic, social, technological and industrial development. The Beijing Winter Olympic will further strengthen the iron-clad friendship. Pakistan’s prompt and clear stance of supporting Beijing Winter Olympics shows the importance of bilateral ties between the countries.
Former Deputy Convener of FPCCI Central Standing Committee on Corporate Relations & Communication Syed Turab Shah said Global community should support the Beijing Olympics. Sporting events can be an opportunity to develop understanding and peace among stakeholders. The Olympics could be a soft power for promoting public diplomacy and global peace. Big events such as the Beijing Winter Olympics should be used as a means of building understanding and peace among the participating nations. Sport itself is a soft power to promote diplomacy between rivals.
?Today, the Olympic athletes demonstrate to the entire world that yes, it is possible to be fierce rivals and engage in intense competition, while at the same time living peacefully and respectfully together. In the Olympic Village, the athletes from every corner of the world are living together in harmony.
Syed Turab Shah is confident that China will organize the Winter Olympics meticulously and make it a spectacular event for the athletes, the Chinese people and the whole world. We are hoping Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 that this mega-congregation of sports lovers will be a meaningful opportunity to harness the power of sport to advance the world by fostering an atmosphere of peace, solidarity, development, resilience, tolerance, cooperation and understanding.
