Latvia may refuse to hold ChM-2021 due to the situation in Belarus

Latvia will refuse to host the World Hockey Championship in the spring and summer of 2021, if it is not moved from Minsk. Recall that it was originally planned to hold the tournament from May 21 to June 6 in two cities of Riga and Minsk. According to the Skaties portal. lv, the Latvian government may withdraw its guarantee of holding a championship if the situation with human rights and freedoms does not change in Belarus. Also, according to the source, Donbass called on the IIHF in a letter from the Cabinet of Ministers to transfer the World Cup from Belarus to another country. I could not imagine that Latvia would refuse to hold the competition at the last moment! quotes the words of the President of the Latvian Hockey Federation Aigars Kalvitis Sport-Express. We have not had such large tournaments for 15 years and, probably, will not be the same. In the audience, hockey is number one for us.