Pakistan, Russia and some other countries made statements Monday, opposing any attempt to undermine China's sovereignty and to politicize the Olympic Games.

The government of Pakistan stressed its stance Monday that Tibet is an inalienable part of China and is firmly opposed to any attempt to undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

"Tibet is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory. Issues of Tibet are totally internal affairs of China," Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said in an interview with Xinhua.

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games torch relay will reach the Pakistani capital of Islamabad next month.

Commenting on the upcoming event, Sadiq said "the Olympic Games are a sports gala for all the people around the world. Pakistan believes that the Beijing Olympic Games will be a great success."

"The Pakistani government is getting prepared for the torch relay. We are opposed to any attempts to politicize the Olympic Games," he said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday that Russia "views Tibet as an inseparable part of China and believes that the settlement of relations with the Dalai Lama is an internal affair of the People's Republic of China."

The foreign ministry denounced the politicization of the 2008 summer Olympic Games in China, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.

"We would like to stress that any attempt to politicize the Chinese summer Olympic Games 2008 is unacceptable," said the ministry's Information and Press Department.