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Leaders will not attend Beijing Olympics, yet are careful not to be part of boycott

Mar 26, 2008
Staff and wire reports

DAYS OF GLORY: Estonia has high hopes for this year's Olympics but the president and the prime minister won't be attending at in any official capacity.
Tallinn - President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Prime Minister Andrus Ansip have announced they will not attend this summer's Beijing Olympics, although both Estonian leaders warned that their actions should not be interpreted as being part of a possible international boycott. Estonia's announcement comes as China faces widespread condemnation for its crackdown in Tibet, which has focused world attention on China's poor human rights record. A spokesman for the President told reporters Monday tha ...

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