U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gives his speech during the annual Munich Security Conference February 1, 2014. REUTERS/Lukas Barth
SOCHI, Russia/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Friday and meet with other world leaders attending the event, his press office said on Monday.
However, several key world leaders - U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron - will not be at the Sochi Games, which has been dogged by controversy over Russia's stance on gay rights.
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