Minister: we will do our utmost to bar Russian, Belarusian athletes from Olympics

On Thursday, Baltic and Polish sport ministers held a remote meeting to discuss further steps together and individually to prevent Russian and Belarusian from competing at international events.

“The efforts to bring Russian and Belarusian athletes back into competition under the guise of neutrality only reinforces the propaganda of these countries and allows them to continue to spread the lie that not everyone sees Russia or Belarus as the aggressors,” Jurgita Šiugždinienė, Lithuanian Minister of Education, Science and Sport, said.