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Abaholi baseSouth Korea naseJapan bathembise ukuthi bazophinde baqale ubudlelwano engqungqutheleni yokulungisa uthango – umhlangano wokuqala onjalo eminyakeni engu-12 – njengoba omakhelwane ababili befuna ukubhekana nezinsongo ezivela eNyakatho Korea kanye nokukhathazeka okukhulayo ngeChina.
“Kusukela manje kuqhubeke, ngithanda ukuvula isahluko esisha ngobudlelwano baseJapan neNingizimu Korea ngokuvakashela izinhlangothi zombili ezingaboshiwe ngokomthetho,” kusho uNdunankulu waseJapan uFumio Kishida eTokyo ngemuva kokuhlangana noMongameli waseNingizimu Korea uYoon Suk. Yeol.
Ukuvakashelana kwabaholi baseJapan nabaseNingizimu Korea kumiswe iminyaka engu-12 njengoba beba muncu ubudlelwano ezindabeni eziningi, okuhlanganisa nengxabano yezabasebenzi ngesikhathi sempi.
Izinselele zokuphepha okwabelwana ngazo ezibhekene namazwe womabili zabonakala ngokusobala amahora ambalwa ngaphambi kohambo lapho iNorth Korea wadubula umcibisholo we-ballistic ende emanzini asogwini olusempumalanga yeNhlonhlo YaseKorea – ukwethulwa kwe-missile yesine ye-intercontinental ballistic esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka owodwa.
Esitatimendeni esihlanganyelwe ngoLwesine, uKishida uthe iJapan neNingizimu Korea zivumelene ukuthi ziqale kabusha izingxoxo zokuphepha zamazwe omabili lapho zibhekene nezinsongo zezikhali zenuzi nezikhali ezicitshwayo zaseNyakatho Korea futhi zikuqinisekisile ukubaluleka “kwe-Indo-Pacific ekhululekile nevulekile” nokusebenzisana ukuze vikela ukuhleleka okusekelwe emithethweni yamazwe ngamazwe.
Futhi uYoon uthe uvumile “ukwenza kube ngokwejwayelekile” isivumelwano sakhe sokwabelana ngezobunhloli kwezempi neJapan.
“Ngikholelwa ukuthi la mazwe womabili kufanele akwazi ukwabelana ngolwazi mayelana nokuqhunyiswa kwemicibisholo yenuzi yaseNyakatho Korea, futhi aphendule kukho,” esho.
Ngo-2019, iSouth Korea yahoxisa isivumelwano sayo sokwabelana ngezobunhloli kwezempi neJapan phakathi kwengxabano ethathe isikhathi eside mayelana nokusetshenziswa ngenkani yiJapan ngesikhathi sokuphatha kwayo iKorea, okwaholela ekutheni ubuhlobo babo bube sezingeni eliphansi kakhulu emashumini eminyaka.
Ingqungquthela phakathi kuka-Yoon no-Kishida iyisinyathelo esibalulekile sokulungisa ubudlelwano obuntengayo ngemva kwamashumi eminyaka yezingxabano nokungathembani kugqugquzele laba abambisene nabo base-US ababili ababalulekile e-Asia.
Ihhovisi lika-Yoon likuncome “igxathu elibalulekile” ekuthuthukisweni kobudlelwano bamazwe amabili.
Laba baholi ababili kulindeleke ukuthi babelane ngesidlo sakusihlwa se-sukiyaki ne-“omurice” noma irayisi le-omelet ngesiNgisi, ngokusekelwe esicelweni sika-Yoon sokuthi azithande lezo zitsha, kubika umsakazi wase-Japan i-NHK.
Omakhelwane ababili baseMpumalanga ye-Asia banomlando omude wokucasuka, kusukela ekuthatheni ikoloni yaseJapane eNhlonhlweni YaseKorea eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule.
Lobu budlelwano obubili obujwayelekile ngo-1965, kodwa izingxabano zomlando ezingaxazululiwe ziqhubekile nokudlondlobala, ikakhulukazi phezu kweJapan yamakoloni. ukusetshenziswa komsebenzi ophoqelelwe kanye nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi “induduzo yabesifazane” izigqila zocansi.
Eminyakeni yamuva ubudlelwano obuvame ukubhidlika bukhona yabukela phansi imizamo ye-United States ukwethula ibutho elibumbene ngokumelene neNyakatho Korea – kanye nokuqina okukhulayo kweBeijing.
Manje, abalingani ababili ababaluleke kakhulu besifunda base-US babonakala belungele ukuvula ikhasi elisha.
Kwesinye isibonakaliso sokuthakazelelwa, ngaphambi kwengqungquthela iJapan neSouth Korea zivumelene ngoLwesine ukuhoxiswa kwengxabano yezohwebo osekuphele iminyaka yaba muncu.
I-Japan izophakamisa izilawuli zokuthumela ngaphandle kwezinto zobuchwepheshe obuphezulu ezisetshenziselwa ama-semiconductors namaphaneli ombukiso aye eNingizimu Korea, kuyilapho i-Seoul izohoxisa isikhalazo sayo ngaleyo mikhawulo ku-World Trade Organization.
Okuningi kokusondelana komakhelwane ababili kuqhutshwa ukujula kokukhathazeka kwezokuphepha mayelana nokuhlolwa kwemicibisholo ecitshwayo ehlala njalo ye-Pyongyang, isimo sezempi saseChina esishubile kanye nokushuba kwesimo eTaiwan Strait – indawo bobabili iTokyo neSeoul abathi ibalulekile ekuvikelekeni kwabo.
Ephawula ngale ngqungquthela, uMnyango Wezangaphandle waseChina uthe iBeijing iphikisana nalokho ekubiza ngokuthi “umbuthano ovaliwe futhi okhethekile wamazwe ngamanye,” wengeza ngokuthi unethemba lokuthi “ubudlelwano beJapan-South Korea buzothuthuka ukuze kube nokuthula kwesifunda, ukuzinza nokuchuma.”
Izibopho zokufudumala ziyizindaba ezamukelekayo eWashington ebilokhu iphusha i-detente.
“Ukusebenza kwethu ndawonye hhayi kwezepolitiki kuphela, kodwa nakwezimboni, ekuvimbeleni abantu, yikho iNorth Korea eyesabayo. Yilokho futhi iChina engafuni ukukubona kwenzeka,” uRahm Emanuel, inxusa laseMelika eJapan, utshele i-CNN ngoLwesine.
U-Emanuel uthe i-US, Japan kanye neNingizimu Korea babambe imihlangano engaphezu kuka-40 emazingeni ahlukene ngonyaka odlule – ngaphezu kweminyaka emihlanu eqhubekayo ihlangene.
“Lokho ukujwayelana, leyo ngxoxo nezingxoxo ezimisiwe, ukwakhiwa kokuthembana, mhlawumbe kube negalelo elikhulu kakhulu” ekuncibilikeni kobudlelwano, esho.
Ngaphansi kuka-Yoon owandulele u-Moon Jae-in, ubudlelwano baseNingizimu Korea neJapan “babuphikisana ngokusobala,” kusho uJoel Atkinson, uprofesa osebenza ngepolitiki yamazwe ngamazwe aseNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Asia e-Hankuk University of Foreign Studies eSeoul.
“Ngakho-ke lokhu kuvakasha kubalulekile, kuthumela uphawu oluqinile lokuthi ngaphansi kokuphatha kwe-Yoon, izinhlangothi zombili manje sezisebenza ngokubambisana kakhulu,” kusho u-Atkinson.
Ukuntengantenga kobudlelwano kuza ngemuva kokuthi iNingizimu Korea ithathe igxathu elikhulu ekuxazululeni ingxabano osekunesikhathi eside idonsela phansi ubudlelwano phakathi kwayo namashumi eminyaka.
Ngesonto eledlule, eSouth Korea kumenyezelwe izonxephezela izisulu zokusebenza ngempoqo ngaphansi kokuqashwa kweJapan kusukela ngo-1910 kuya ku-1945 ngesisekelo somphakathi esixhaswa izinkampani ezizimele zaseKorea – esikhundleni sokucela amafemu aseJapane ukuthi afake isandla ekubuyiseleni.
Lesi sinyathelo samukelwe yiJapan futhi sanconywa yi-White House.
U-Yoon ubelokhu elwela ukwenza ngcono ubudlelwano – noma ngabe kusho ukuhlehla ngokumelene nengcindezi yomphakathi yasekhaya ezindabeni eziyizingxabano, ezithinta inhliziyo kakhulu njengohlelo lwesinxephezelo.
Ngaphandle kokukhula kosongo lwezikhali zenuzi eNyakatho Korea, iChina ibonakala iyimbangela enkulu ekuzimiseleni kukaYoon ukubhekana nezingxabano zasekhaya mayelana nesivumelwano sokunxeshezelwa, kusho u-Atkinson, uchwepheshe waseSeoul.
“Abaphathi babeka icala emphakathini waseNingizimu Korea ukuthi lokhu akuphathelene neJapan kuphela, imayelana nokuzibandakanya nomfelandawonye obanzi wentando yeningi yenkululeko,” esho.
“Lokho abantu baseNingizimu Korea abakubona njengobuxhwanguxhwangu baseBeijing, impatho yezwe yabo ngokuzikhukhumeza, kanye nokuchoboza kwayo imibhikisho yaseHong Kong, izinsongo ezibhekiswe eTaiwan nokunye, kukulungiselele lokho.”
Ngisho nangaphambi kwesinyathelo esibalulekile sokuxazulula ingxabano yomlando, i-Seoul ne-Tokyo babebonise ukuzimisela kwabo ukubeka isikhathi esedlule ngemuva kwabo futhi bakhuthaze ubuhlobo obuseduze.
NgoMashi 1, enkulumweni yokukhumbula iminyaka engu-104 yenhlangano yaseNingizimu Korea yokubhikisha ngokumelene nokuthathwa kwezwe laseJapan, uYoon uthe iJapan “ishintshile isuka ekubeni ngumhlukumezi wezempi wakudala yaba umlingani” “owabelana ngezindinganiso ezifanayo zomhlaba wonke.”
Selokhu bangena ezikhundleni, laba baholi bobabili baqale uhide lwemisebenzi yobunxusa yokulungisa ubudlelwano bamazwe amabili – kanye nokujulisa ukubambisana kwabo ngokubambisana neWashington.
NgoSepthemba, u-Yoon noKishida babambe ingqungquthela yokuqala phakathi kwala mazwe womabili kusukela ngo-2019 eNew York eceleni kweNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene, lapho bavumelana khona ukwenza ngcono ubudlelwano.
Ukusondelana phakathi kwe-US, Japan kanye neSouth Korea kuyintuthuko eshaqisayo eChina, esole iWashington ngokuhola umkhankaso wokuqukatha nokucindezela intuthuko yayo.
Kepha u-Emanuel uthe yizenzo zikaBeijing ezahlanganisa amazwe.
“Ukube iChina ibingabhekananga ne-India kabili emngceleni, noma iPhilippines kabili nonogada basogwini, noma idubula imicibisholo iye endaweni yaseJapan (indawo yezomnotho kuphela), akekho obengaba kanje,” usho kanje.
“Lesi yintuthuko yakamuva yokuphendula ukuxabana njalo kweChina nabanye.”
