(ATR) In the wake of the Paris attacks, IOC officials will seek assurances about security for the Rio Olympics during a project review this week.
Security concerns for the Games will be one of the main discussion points in IOC talks with Rio 2016 leaders on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi tells Around the Rings "Games safety and security is first and foremost" and he expects Brazil to boost officials on the ground during the Olympics.
"Our message is always the same. We want the Games to be safe whatever it takes. They have to interpret that message. We are not into intelligence and defining threat level," Dubi told ATR.
"The one thing that was always reassuring for Rio was this single chain of command and integration of all forces which was in place for the FIFA World Cup.
"Where we are confident after the visit of our experts is structurally we know how many security forces enter into play for an operation of this nature and that it is integrated. They ticked that box," he added.
"The volume of resources to put behind the effort will depend on them analysing the threat level at that point in time. Whether the number of men on the ground will increase? Certainly yes but it will be up to them to tell us what extra measures they will take."
On Monday, Rio 2016 downplayed fears about the Games becoming a target for terrorists.
"Rio is going to be the safest city in the world during the Olympics," Rio 2016 communications director Mario Andrada was quoted by AFP.
"Security teams are already prepared for this type of event and there are already the intelligence services to protect people, the athletes, the Games. We’re going to communicate with the population to reassure people," he added.
Dubi is part of a small IOC delegation inspecting Rio’s Olympic progress. Nawal El Moutawakel, chair of the IOC’s coordination commission for the Olympic host, will play a lead role in talks along with the IOC’s Rio 2016 troubleshooter Gilbert Felli.
Preparations for the delayed International Broadcast Center, one of the biggest and most expensive projects of the Games, venue construction at the Barra and Deorodo Olympic hubs and transport issues will be among issues assessed by the IOC.
Reported by Mark Bisson
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