President Miloš Zeman, made clear in his regular broadcast Hovory z Lán
on Sunday he will not boycott next year’s Winter Olympic Games in Sochi,
Russia, unlike, for example, his German counterpart Joachim Gauck. Mr
Zeman
did say he was prepared, while there, to voice his views on human rights.
A
number of world figures are refusing to attend the Olympics over
legislation in Russia discriminating gays and lesbians. Mr Zeman said in
the broadcast that sexual orientation was a personal matter in which
politics should have no part, which he could say at a press conference
there. Mr Zeman will travel to Russia for two days to show support for the
Czech Olympic team. According to the Czech News Agency, the president will
also attend a reception of heads-of-state to be held by Russian President
Vladimir Putin together with the country’s sports minister.