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UNobhala Wezwe laseMelika u-Antony Blinken ngoLwesithathu unxuse i-Ethiopia ukuthi “ijulise ukuthula” enyakatho ekhungethwe yizimpi njengoba izama ukulungisa ubudlelwano obunyakaziswa izingxabano ezinonya ezimbili.
Usomaqhinga wase-US ubevakashele okokuqala kulo mfelandawonye osenesikhathi eside kusukela ngempi yase-Tigray, eyadlula nemiphefumulo yabantu ababalelwa ku-500,000 ngokwezilinganiso zase-US nokuholele ekutheni iWashington ihlukane nokuthanda ukuhweba nezwe lesibili elinabantu abaningi e-Afrika.
Evula usuku lwezingxoxo ezizohlanganisa umhlangano noNdunankulu u-Abiy Ahmed, uBlinken uqhamuke ikhofi elidumile lase-Ethiopia eMnyangweni wezangaphandle wathi unethemba lokuthi kuzoba nobudlelwano obungcono.
“Umzuzu obaluleke kakhulu, umzuzu wethemba uma kubhekwa ukuthula enyakatho osekubambile,” usho kanje.
“Kuningi okumele kwenziwe. Mhlawumbe okubaluleke kakhulu wukujulisa ukuthula okukhona enyakatho.”
UBlinken uthe unethemba lokuthi uzobuyisa ukubambisana “ngenhloso yokuqinisa ubudlelwano” ne-Ethiopia, okuyikhaya leNhlangano Yamazwe ase-Afrika, phakathi nomkhankaso kaMengameli uJoe Biden wokujulisa ubudlelwano ne-Afrika.
UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle uDemeke Mekonnen, ethola uBlinken, uthe: “Sinobudlelwano obude futhi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi sibuvuselele futhi siqhubekele phambili.”
Ukonakala kobudlelwano
Ngemva komhlangano noDemeke, uBlinken ufike eHhovisi likaNdunankulu ezoxoxa no-Abiy, owahlomula iNobel Peace Prize, nowake wabonwa njengohamba phambili esizukulwaneni esisha sabaholi base-Afrika ababebheke phambili, kodwa isithunzi sakhe saduma. eWashington ngempi.
Udlame lwaqubuka ngesikhathi i-Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), eyake yaphatha ezombusazwe zase-Ethiopia, ihlasela izikhungo zamasosha, nokwadala ukucasuka okukhulu kukahulumeni ka-Abiy ngokwesekwa yi-Eritrea engumakhelwane.
I-TPLF isondele kafushane ukuthi imashele enhloko-dolobha kodwa, ihlulwe ngamasosha asekela u-Abiy, yavuma ukuhoxisa izikhali ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sangomhla zi-2 kuNovemba okwaxoxwa ngaso eNingizimu Afrika yi-African Union nokubamba iqhaza kwe-US.
UMolly Phee, isikhulu esiphezulu saseMelika e-Afrika, utshele izintatheli ngaphambi kokuhamba kukaBlinken ukuthi ukuvakasha kwakhe kuzohlose “ukusiza ukuhlanganisa” ukuthula enyakatho kodwa ubudlelwano abukakulungeli ukubuyela esimeni esijwayelekile.
Isifiso esibalulekile se-Ethiopia wukubuyela kuMthetho Wokukhula Nethuba Lase-Afrika, owawunikeza ukufinyelela ngaphandle kwentela emikhiqizweni eminingi emnothweni omkhulu womhlaba, kodwa i-United States ayizange izibophezele.
U-Abiy uthembise ukubuyisela izinsiza eziyisisekelo e-Tigray ekhungethwe yimpi, nakuba kungenakwenzeka ukuhlola isimo phansi ngenxa yemikhawulo ekufinyeleleni kwabezindaba.
Impi yaseTigray ibe ngeyokubulala kakhulu ekhulwini lama-21 ngenani elilinganiselwa e-US eliphakeme kunalelo lokuhlasela kweRussia i-Ukraine, okudonse ukunaka okukhulu emhlabeni jikelele.
IMoscow selokhu yaqala ukuhlasela e-Afrika, okuhlanganisa ne-Ethiopia, ngethemba lokuthi izwekazi lizohlala lingathathi hlangothi kunokuba lijoyine unswinyo lwaseNtshonalanga ngokumelene nalo.
Imizamo yeRussia ilandela iminyaka yokungena kwelase-Afrika yiChina, ephinde yanikeza abaholi bezwekazi ubudlelwano obungavinjwa ingcindezi yaseNtshonalanga ngamalungelo abantu.
Ngokushesha ngemva kokuvakasha kuka-Blinken, okwesithathu emazweni ase-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara, iPhini likaMongameli waseMelika uKamala Harris uzohambela eGhana, Tanzania naseZambia, amazwe amathathu abonakala ezimisele ukwenza inqubekelaphambili embusweni wentando yabantu.
