BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- More countries and foreign media on Monday made statements on the recent riots in Lhasa, capital city of China's Tibet autonomous region, voicing opposition to attempts to politicize the Beijing Olympic Games by making use of the Tibet issue.

　　In a statement published on its website, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Tibet is an integral part of China and Russia hoped that the Chinese side will take all the necessary measures to end illegal actions and secure an early return to normalcy in the autonomous region.

　　"Attempts to politicize the conduct of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in China are unacceptable," the statement stressed.

　　The EU sports ministers and Olympic committees strongly opposed a boycott of the Beijing Olympics over the Tibet issue. Slovene Sports Minister Milan Zver, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said that sport is still an instrument for inter-cultural dialogue.

　　Togay Bayatli, a member of the European Olympic Committees, said it is the athletes that lose out in cases of boycotts and other political actions.

　　"Tibet is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory. Issues of Tibet are totally internal affairs of China," Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said. He noted that the Pakistani government is firmly opposed to any attempt to undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

　　Malaysia's Nanyang Siang Pau newspaper said that the separatists in Tibet attempted to instigate the riots in Lhasa to politicize the Beijing Olympics. As for the issue of Tibet and the Dalai clique, the stance of the Chinese government has always been firm and clear: the Dalai Lama is not purely a religious figure, but a political figure in exile, who has engaged in separatist activities for a long time.

　　Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka said the unrest in Tibet will not affect the planned visit to Japan by Chinese President Hu Jintao this spring.

　　Latvian Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins said that Tibet is one part of the Chinese territory and the recent riot in Lhasa undermined the social stability in China.

　　In a statement, the Council for the Promotion of China's Peaceful Reunification in New Zealand slashed out the violence involving beating, smashing property, looting and arson in Lhasa.

　　It said Tibet is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory and it is absolutely impossible for the Dalai clique to separate Tibet from China.