INTERNATIONAL: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday has confirmed that he had accepted an invitation to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022. Guterres' remarks came during a press conference in Beirut to wrap up his four-day visit to Lebanon.

"I received an invitation of the International Olympic Committee and I accepted that invitation," Guterres said.

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is scheduled on 4 to 20 of February 2022 at three competition zones - downtown Beijing, the capital city's suburban district of Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou City in neighboring Hebei Province, and will be followed by the Paralympic Winter Games between March 4 and March 13.