JAKARTA - Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora), Erick Thohir, ensured that Indonesia would continue to try to participate in the 2036 Olympic bidding after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) cut off dialogue due to rejection of Israeli athletes.
Erick said that the discussion room with the IOC was still open because the agency's executive board decided not to punish Indonesia for organizing international sporting events.
"It's not a fixed price. If the letter is temporarily dismissed, there has been no communication. That's what we will try later through KOI (NOC Indonesia) to be able to help. The Ministry of Youth and Sports is just a support system," said Erick.
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After a long-distance meeting this week, the IOC Executive Board issued four important points responding to the failure of the Israeli contingent for the 2025 53rd World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta.
One of the important points is to cut off dialogue with the Indonesian Olympic Committee (NOC Indonesia) regarding the holding of the Olympics, Youth Olympics, or international events.
The decision of the IOC Executive Board is valid until Indonesia wants to guarantee the entry of all athletes regardless of their country of origin in accordance with the Olympic Charter and the basic principles of non-discrimination.
Erick said that the Ministry of Youth and Sports would support NOC Indonesia to open a discussion room with the IOC so that it could find a way out of this problem.
"From the IOC letter, we should not have multiple interpretations, where they say discussions about Indonesia if they want to host the Youth Olympics, Olympics, or maybe host from other Olympic events, are temporarily postponed," he said.
Indonesia is currently trying to participate in offering to host the Youth Olympics in 2030 and the 2036 Olympics. However, the IOC's decision made the Indonesian chance to shrink.
In addition to cutting off dialogue, the IOC in its decision also recommended international federations not to hold international events in Indonesia as long as there is no adequate guarantee regarding all contingents.
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