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UNdunankulu wase-Armenia u-Nikol Pashinyan uthe ngoLwesibili ukhale kuMongameli uVladimir Putin “ngezinkinga” namasosha aseRussia agcina ukuthula eNagorno-Karabakh, exwayisa ngokudlondlobala kwesifunda saseCaucasus.
I-Armenia ne-Azerbaijan balwe izimpi ezimbili zokulawula isifunda sase-Armenia-iningi lase-Armenia kanti ingxabano yakamuva ngo-2020 yaphela ngokuthunyelwa kwamasosha aseMoscow.
Ukuphawula kukaPashinyan kuwuphawu lwakamuva lokuthi i-Armenia, ethembele eRussia njengesiqiniseko sezokuphepha, ikhula ikhungathekile ngeKremlin okunaka kwayo kugxile e-Ukraine nasekubhekaneni neNtshonalanga.
“Engxoxweni yocingo noPutin izolo, ngikhulume ngokunyuka okungenzeka eNagorno-Karabakh futhi ngathi kunezinkinga endaweni lapho abagcini bokuthula baseRussia banesibopho,” kusho uPashinyan ngesikhathi kuqhubeka isithangami nabezindaba.
“Izinkulumo ze-Azerbaijan ziya ngokuya ziba nolaka nsuku zonke,” esho, egxeka ukuvinjelwa kwendawo ebizwa ngokuthi i-Lachin corridor, okuwukuphela kwendawo exhumanisa umhlaba waseKarabakh ne-Armenia.
Kusukela maphakathi no-December, iqeqebana elizibiza ngezishoshovu zemvelo zase-Azerbaijan liye lavala izimoto emhubheni waseLachin ukuze libhikishele elithi ukumba izimayini ezingekho emthethweni.
UPashinyan ngoLwesibili uchaze iziphazamiso ezisendleleni “njengamalungiselelo okuhlanjululwa ngokobuhlanga kwabantu base-Armenia.”
Ithonya elinciphayo
U-Yerevan uthe ukuvinjelwa kuholele enkingeni yezenhlalakahle futhi kuhloswe ngayo ukushayela ama-Armenia eKarabakh, okuyinto uBaku ayiphika.
I-Armenia, esingethe isizinda samasosha ase-Russian unomphela endaweni yayo, iyilungu le-Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) ehlanganisa amarephabhuliki amaningana asekela i-Moscow ex-Soviet – kodwa hhayi i-Azerbaijan.
Ngesonto eledlule u-Yerevan wenqabile ukuthatha isikhundla esiphezulu esikhungweni sezokuphepha – ngokwengxenye ekhombisa ukukhungatheka ngokwehluleka kwamasosha okuvikela ukuthula ukuvimbela ukuvinjwa kukaKarabakh.
“Akukhona ukuthi i-Armenia ishiya i-CSTO, i-CSTO ishiya i-Armenia, okusikhathazayo kakhulu, kusho uPashinyan.
Ukuqhela kuka-Yerevan kule bloc kwaphawula olunye uphawu lwegunya laseRussia elinciphayo emkhakheni walo wethonya wendabuko.
Okungenani abantu abathathu base-Armenia bafa ezingxabanweni zakamuva zomngcele ekuqaleni kukaMashi.
“Ngifuna ukugcizelela ukuthi lokhu kwenzeke endaweni yomthwalo wemfanelo wamasosha aseRussia agcina ukuthula. Lokhu kuyasikhathaza,” kusho uPashinyan ngoLwesibili.
Inqubekelaphambili, izinkinga, imigqa ebomvu
U-Pashinyan uphinde wathi i-Armenia isanda kuthola impendulo ka-Baku eziphakamisweni zesivumelwano esigcwele sokuthula, esathunyelwa nguYerevan maphakathi noFebhuwari.
Uphawule inqubekelaphambili ethile enqubweni yokuthula, kodwa wathi “izinkinga ezibalulekile” zisekhona ngoba “i-Azerbaijan izama ukufaka izimangalo zendawo, okuwumugqa obomvu oya e-Armenia.”
U-Yerevan usole amabutho e-Baku ngokuthatha – ngemuva kwempi ka-2020 – amakhilomitha-skwele angama-150 e-Armenia, eduze komngcele wamazwe ohlanganyelwe.
Ngomhla zingama-20 kuNhlolanja, i-European Union yathumela umkhankaso wokuqapha owandisiwe endaweni yasemngceleni wase-Armenia oguquguqukayo njengoba ukusebenzelana kwaseNtshonalanga kukhula esifundeni esibonwa yi-Kremlin njengendawo engemuva yepolitiki.
Lapho iSoviet Union iwa ngo-1991, abantu base-Armenia ababezihlukanisa eKarabakh baphuma e-Azerbaijan. Ingxabano eyalandela yabulala abantu ababalelwa ku-30,000.
Okunye ukuqubuka kodlame ngo-2020 kwashiya abantu abangaphezu kuka-6,500 XNUMX beshonile futhi kwaphetha ngesivumelwano esidalwe yiRussia.
Ngaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano i-Armenia yanikela ngezindawo ebiziphethe amashumi eminyaka futhi iRussia yathumela uphiko lwayo lokugcina ukuthula ukuze lwengamele ukumiswa kokudubula okuntekenteke.
