President of Belarus, President of the National Olympic Committee Alexander Lukashenko has been outraged by what representatives of the International Paralympic Committee did to athletes and members of the Belarusian delegation during the Paralympics opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, press secretary of the Belarusian head of state Natalya Eismont said, BelTA reports.
The Press Secretary noted: “Actions of the International Paralympic Committee are still baffling. Not even reporters know all the facts. As far as I know, the ceremony, the procedure, during which our delegation was supposed to carry the Russian flag, should have happened in a totally different manner: our main flag bearer in a wheelchair should have been followed by another four athletes in wheelchairs and it is they who were supposed to carry two large flags — the Belarusian one and the Russian one."
"They should have carried these flags next to each other at the head of the Belarusian delegation. But international sport functionaries offhandedly overpowered our wheelchaired athletes, took away these flags, and prevented the people from calmly and peacefully expressing their opinion. The fact outraged everyone, particularly the president of our country,” she stressed.
