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New Zealand unlikely to pull out of Delhi Commonwealth Games alone: John Key | New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has said that his country is unlikely to pull out of next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games. "I would have thought it would be unlikely that New Zealand would make
a call that other countries weren't prepared to make," Stuff.co.nz quoted Key,
as saying. "I wouldn't say there is pressure to fall into line at the end of the
day I'm sure there'll be some collective wisdom that will be applied," he added.
The Prime Minister however admitted that other countries have expressed concerns
about the athletes villages in New Delhi . "The advice I got was from about five
or six countries that had an opportunity to look at the Commonwealth Games village
and all of them reflected the same concerns that we did," Key said. Earlier, New
Zealand chef de mission Dave Currie had said that the ill prepared state of the
athletes village has raised the prospect of canceling the October 3-14 Games.
"That is not a decision that we'll make, but there are some realities. If the
village is not ready and athletes can't come, obviously the implications of that
are that it's not going to happen. I think they are in severe difficulties," Currie
said. "In the timeframe that is left, unless there is tremendous effort and energy
and problem solving ability to get it done, I think it's going to be extremely
hard to get across the line. They've got a little bit of time, but it's kind of
two seconds to midnight really," he added. New Zealand was among the nations to
complain about the village, and has subsequently been shifted into a separate
accommodation building. "It's pretty grim really and certainly disappointing when
you consider the amount of time they've had to get the village ready for athletes
to arrive," Currie said.
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