Australia satisfied with security in India, rules out pull out

Melbourne, Dec 30 (PTI) Australia Wednesday gave a thumbs
up to security arrangements for the 2010 Games in New Delhi
and said their athletes will travel to India to participate in
the October 3-14 mega event.

Reacting to British media reports, claiming England are
pulling out of the event fearing terror strikes, Australian
Commonwealth Games Association CEO Perry Crosswhite said their
security advisers have not issued any such warning.
"I was in Delhi two weeks ago and the security
arrangements were well-organised and also had improved since
we had seen them previously," said Crosswhite.
"Also Australian government and our security advisers are
certainly not recommending similar action for ourselves. In
the past I've seen similar stories which have proved to be
groundless and I would be looking to speak to the English
Commonwealth Games Association before I would really want to
say anything more," he was quoted as saying by 'Sydeny Morning
Herald'.
On being asked about the security arrangements in Delhi,
Crosswhite said that during his recent trip as a member of the
CGF Coordination Commission, he was pleased with the progress
on security arrangements.
"We had a full presentation from the Delhi security
officials and authorities and all of us were pleased with the
progress and we certainly had no other information that
suggested there was any security threats," he said. More PTI