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Izwe laseMelika lizokwandisa ukujikeleza kwamasosha asemoyeni, asemhlabeni nawasolwandle e-Australia, okuhlanganisa izindiza eziqhunyiswa ngamabhomu kanye nezindiza zempi, kusho uNobhala Wezokuvikela e-US uLloyd Austin ngoLwesibili, phakathi kokukhathazeka okwabiwe ngeChina.
Ekhuluma ngemuva kwezingxoxo zaminyaka yonke ze-AUSMIN phakathi kwabalingani, u-Austin uthe la mazwe womabili avumile “ukumema iJapan ukuthi ihlanganyele ezinhlelweni zethu zokumisa amandla e-Australia.”
U-Austin akazange acacise ukuthi kuzoba nini ukwanda kokujikeleza, noma ukuthi mangaki amasosha, imikhumbi nezindiza ababezozifaka, futhi kwakungacaci ukuthi isimemezelo sihluke kanjani esitatimendeni esifanayo esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka odlule.
“I-United States ne-Australia babelana ngombono wesifunda lapho amazwe engazinqumela ikusasa lawo,” etshela isithangami sabezindaba esihlangene nozakwabo wase-Australia esasihlanganisa nongqongqoshe bezizwe zangaphandle.
“Ngeshwa, lowo mbono uyaphonselwa inselelo namuhla. Izenzo zaseChina eziyingozi neziphoqayo kulo lonke elase-Indo-Pacific, okuhlanganisa neTaiwan, nasemazweni aseziQhingini zasePacific naseMpumalanga naseNingizimu China Seas, zisongela ukuthula nokuzinza kwesifunda,” usho kanje.
IWashington ibona iCanberra njengozakwethu obalulekile emizamweni yayo yokuhlehla ngokumelene neChina e-Indo-Pacific futhi abahlaziyi bathi i-Australia ingaba neqhaza elibalulekile elingabamba iqhaza ekuvikelweni kweTaiwan kunoma yikuphi umnyakazo weBeijing wokubuyisa amasu, ukuzilawula. isiqhingi.
I-Northern Territory yase-Australia isivele isingatha ukusebenzisana okuvamile kwezempi ne-US. Izinkulungwane Zamasosha Asolwandle ase-US azungeza kule ndawo minyaka yonke ukuze aziqeqeshe futhi azivocavoce ngokuhlanganyela, okuqalwe ngaphansi kukaMongameli wangaphambili u-Barack Obama.
Izwe laseMelika lihlela ukutshala amabhomu afinyelela kwayisithupha e-B-52 esikhungweni sezindiza enyakatho ye-Australia, kusho umthombo owazi lolu daba ngo-Okthoba.
Ngaphambi nje kwezingxoxo ze-AUSMIN zangonyaka odlule, i-US, i-United Kingdom kanye ne-Australia bakha isivumelwano sezokuphepha, esaziwa nge-AUKUS, esizohlinzeka i-Australia ngobuchwepheshe bokusebenzisa imikhumbi-ngwenya esebenza ngenuzi.
Lezi zinhlangothi zombili zithe zinezinye izingxoxo ngalolu daba futhi uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela waseBrithani uBen Wallace uzohambela umhlangano wokuqala mathupha wongqongqoshe be-AUKUS ngoLwesithathu eWashington.
Imihlangano iza ngesikhathi esibucayi kubalingani, okumele banqume ngoMashi ukuthi umkhumbi-ngwenya uzoba owaseBrithani noma waseMelika, futhi usethe imephu yomgwaqo yemikhumbi yase-Australia.
UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela e-Australia, uRichard Marles, uthe izivumelwano zangoLwesibili “zizobona ukwanda kwezinga lomsebenzi phakathi kwamazwe ethu womabili kuzo zonke izizinda” futhi babheke nokwenyuka kokubambisana kokuqinisa amandla ukuze kuthuthukiswe umthamo wezikhungo e-Australia.
“Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi lokhu sikwenze ngombono wokunikeza ukulingana phakathi kwesifunda sethu futhi sibandakanye namanye amazwe esifundeni sethu,” esho.
UMarles uthe yena noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle uPenny Wong bazobamba izingxoxo ezifanayo ze-2+2 neJapan eTokyo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngesonto “ngesimemo sokuthi iJapan ibambe iqhaza ekuzilolongeni okwengeziwe ne-Australia kanye ne-United States.”
Ubuye wathi i-US ne-Australia bathathe izinyathelo ngoLwesibili “zokwakha isizinda sezimboni zokuzivikela ezingenamthungo” nokuthi badinga ukusebenzisana eduze “ukuthuthukisa amandla ethu ezempi kanye nokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obusha.”
Umxhumanisi we-White House esifundeni, uKurt Campbell, ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka uthe “ukuqhubekela phambili, konke esikwenzayo ngenxa ye-Indo-Pacific, sizokwenza ne-Australia.”
I-China inguzakwethu omkhulu wezohwebo wase-Australia futhi iyimakethe ephezulu yensimbi ethunyelwa ngaphandle, kodwa iCanberra ikhule ikhathazeka kakhulu mayelana nezifiso zezempi zaseBeijing esifundeni sase-Indo-Pacific, ikakhulukazi ngemva kokuba yenze isivumelwano sezokuphepha ne-Australia engumakhelwane iSolomon Islands kulo nyaka.
Umhlangano phakathi kukaNdunankulu wase-Australia u-Anthony Albanese kanye nomholi waseChina u-Xi Jinping ngenyanga edlule ku-G20 ubuyisinyathelo sokwenza ubudlelwano bube bujwayelekile, kodwa osomaqhinga base-Australia bathi ngeke kulethe ushintsho kunqubomgomo yezokuvikela yaseCanberra.
