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UNobhala Wezwe laseMelika u-Antony Blinken ohambweni lwakhe lokuqala eTurkey kulandela ukuqokwa kwakhe eminyakeni emibili edlule, ukugcizelele ukweseka kweWashington iSweden kanye nokungena ngokushesha kweFinland ku-NATO.
Imizamo yezwe laseNordic yokujoyina umfelandawonye wezempi ivinjwe yi-Ankara ethi iStockholm ikakhulukazi ibambe iKurdistan Workers Party (PKK), eyibheka njengeqembu lamaphekula.
Ubudlelwano phakathi kwe-United States neTurkey buye bunzima eminyakeni yamuva nje, kepha iWashington isanda kubuka i-Ankara njengelusizo ngeqhaza layo lokulamula phakathi kweRussia ne-Ukraine kulandela ukuhlasela kweMoscow.
‘I-United States iwazisa kakhulu umnikelo weTurkey njengelungu lesikhathi eside nelikhuthele lomfelandawonye we-NATO, futhi sizoqhubeka sisebenza ngokubambisana ukuqinisa nokukhulisa umfelandawonye wethu kubandakanya nokungena kweSweden neFinland, okuzosiza ukuletha amandla amakhulu, futhi Izimpahla ezinekhono kakhulu kumfelandawonye,’ kusho uBlinken.
Nakuba uNobhala Wezwe wase-U. uthe womabili la mazwe athathe izinyathelo zokufeza izibopho azenzile, uzakwabo waseTurkey, u-Mevlut Cavusoglu, uthe izinyathelo eziqinile ezidingekayo ukuze bathole ukusekelwa kwabo.
‘Uma kuqhathaniswa nezinkinga zethu neFinland zincane (kuneSweden). Ngakho, ikhalenda enabelane ngayo maqondana nengqungquthela ye-NATO e-Vilnius, lezi ziboshelwe maqondana nezinyathelo okufanele zithathwe yiSweden,’ kusho uCavusoglu.
Bobabili i-Helsinki ne-Stockholm bashiya ukungathathi hlangothi kwabo ngemuva kokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine ngonyaka odlule futhi bafaka isicelo sokujoyina i-NATO. Wonke amalungu akhona e-transatlantic alliance kumele avume ukunwetshwa kwawo.
