DAMASCUS, (SANA)- Secretary General of the Syrian Olympic Committee, Firas Moalla, has turned down an invitation to attend the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Moalla said in a statement to SANA that his refusal of the invitation came in response to the British authorities' breach of Olympic laws in refraining from granting the Head of the Syrian Olympic Committee, Mowaffak Joumaa, an entry visa for the London Olympiad.

He added that the British measure towards Joumaa came in the framework of the campaigns launched against Syria on all levels and is a clear evidence of the large scale conspiracy hatched against it.

H. Said