Cambodia supports Olympics

PHNOM PEHN: Cambodia fully supports China's hosting of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the national media quoted Thong Khon, Tourism Minister and chairman of the Olympic Committee of Cambodia (OCC), as saying. The Cambodian government, OCC, as well as all the athletes and people of the country, support China's hosting of the games, the minister told Chinese-language daily newspaper the Commercial News.

King Norodom Sihamoni will attend the opening ceremony in Beijing, and OCC will also send a delegation of over 10 members to participate in the games, he said. "I, too, am ready to go to Beijing and watch the games," if the schedule permits, he added. Thong Khon stressed that the principle of "letting sports be sports" must be respected.