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UNobhala Wezwe laseMelika u-Antony Blinken uthe ngoMsombuluko ukuthi i-US inqume ngokusemthethweni ukuthi amasosha kuzo zonke izinhlangothi zezwe. ingxabano enyakatho ye-Ethiopia benze amacala empi.
“Ngemuva kokuhlola ngokucophelela umthetho namaqiniso komnyango, nginqume ukuthi amalungu e-Ethiopian National Defence Forces, Eritrean Defence Forces, Tigray People’s Liberation Front Forces kanye namasosha ase-Amhara enze ubugebengu bempi phakathi nengxabano enyakatho ye-Ethiopia,” uBlinken. kusho esithangamini sabezindaba sokukhishwa kombiko woMnyango Wezamalungelo Abantu wezi-2022.
UBlinken uhambe ngesonto eledlule waya e-Ethiopia lapho ahlangane khona nabaholi futhi akazange aphakamise ukuzimisela kwamacala ezimpi.
“Njengoba ngixoxisane nezinhlangothi zombili ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwami, ukwakha ukuthula okuhlala njalo, kufanele kugunyazwe izenzo zonya ezenziwa yizo zonke izinhlangothi, kanye nokuziphendulela, kanye nokubuyisana,” kusho uBlinken.
Uthe ukuzimisela “kuwumkhiqizo womsebenzi omningi owenziwe ngamabomu futhi onemininingwane eminingi” futhi kubonakala kufanele ukwenza isimemezelo manje njengoba umnyango ukhipha umbiko wawo wamalungelo abantu.
UBlinken uphinde wasola “amalungu e-Ethiopian National Defence Forces, i-Eritrean Defence Forces kanye namasosha ase-Amhara … enze amacala esintwini, okuhlanganisa ukubulala, ukudlwengula kanye nezinye izinhlobo zodlame locansi kanye nokushushisa.”
Uphinde wasola amabutho ase-Amhara “ngobugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini bokudingiswa, noma ukudluliselwa ngendluzula, kanye … nokuhlanzwa kobuhlanga ngokuphatha kwabo amaTigrayans entshonalanga yeTigray.”
UBlinken uthe i-US “izosebenzisana ne-Ethiopia njengoba isebenzisa inqubo yobulungiswa bezinguquko ethembekile ukuze kuzuze zonke izisulu kanye nemiphakathi ethintekile.” Ngesonto eledlule, izikhulu zaseMelika ezibambe iqhaza emhlanganweni wokucobelelana ngolwazi nezikhulu zikahulumeni wase-Ethiopia mayelana nobulungiswa besikhashana nabanye ochwepheshe bamazwe ngamazwe, esho.
Uphinde wancoma izinyathelo ezithathwe uhulumeni wase-Ethiopia maqondana nobulungiswa besikhashana.
“Uhulumeni wase-Ethiopia uthatha izinyathelo zokuqala ngokukhulula esidlangalaleni iphepha eliluhlaza elinemininingwane enezinketho zobulungiswa besikhashana ezisekelwe ekusebenzeni okuhle kakhulu kanye nokwakhela phezu kokuhlangenwe nakho kwezinye izifundazwe ezivela ngezikhathi zodlame olukhulu,” kusho uBlinken.
UBlinken uphinde wathi uhulumeni wase-Ethiopia umeme abaqaphi bamalungelo abantu be-UN “ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izenzo ezinjalo ziphele ngempela” futhi ubambe “izingxoxo zomphakathi mayelana nobulungiswa besikhashana.”
“Uhlelo luyahlomula eselulekweni sochwepheshe kulo mkhakha, okuhlanganisa namalungu ethimba lami abambe iqhaza emhlanganweni wokucobelelana ngolwazi mayelana nobulungiswa besikhashana nabanye ochwepheshe bamazwe ngamazwe ngesonto eledlule,” kusho uBlinken.
UBlinken ucindezele uNdunankulu wase-Ethiopia u-Abiy Ahmed ngeledlule mayelana nokuziphendulela ngonya olwenziwa yiwo wonke amaqembu engxabano.
Ukuzimisela kuza ngemuva kwezinyanga uhulumeni wase-Abiy kanye neqembu le-Tigray People’s Liberation Front befinyelele ku- “ukuqedwa unomphela kwesivumelwano sobutha” okuhloswe ngayo ukuqeda ingxabano enyantisa igazi eyadala inhlekelele yobuntu futhi yaholela ekuhlukaneni okukhulu ebudlelwaneni phakathi kwe-United States nohulumeni wase-Ethiopia.
CNN kubikwe kabanzi mayelana nokubulawa kwabantu abaningi kanye nezenzo zodlame lwezocansi ezenziwa phakathi nokungqubuzana, okunye okunezimpawu zokuqothulwa kohlanga. UBlinken uthe ngasekupheleni kuka-2021 ukuthi i-US izokwenza isinqumo mayelana nokuthi amacala enziwe enyakatho ye-Ethiopia ahlanganisa ukuqothulwa kohlanga “uma sesithole konke ukuhlaziya okubheka amaqiniso nokubheka umthetho.”
Umbiko ohlanganyelwe owakhishwa ngasekupheleni kuka-2021 yiHhovisi likaKhomishana Wenhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Wamalungelo Abantu kanye neKhomishana Yamalungelo Abantu yase-Ethiopia wathola ukuthi zonke izinhlangothi ezingqubuzanayo “zephule umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe wamalungelo abantu, wobuntu kanye nowababaleki, okunye okungase kubangele impi. ubugebengu nobugebengu obubhekiswe kubantu.”
Eminyakeni emibili edlule, abaphathi beBiden benze izindlela zokujezisa ukuphendula impi. NgoNovemba 2021, bafaka unswinyo embuthweni wezempi wase-Eritrea kanye neqembu layo elilodwa lezepolitiki ngokubandakanyeka kwabo kule ngxabano. Ekuqaleni kuka-2022, i-Ethiopia yalahlekelwa ukufinyelela ohlelweni lwezohwebo lwase-US olunenzuzo olubizwa nge-African Growth and Opportunity Act ngenxa “yokwephulwa okukhulu kwamalungelo abantu ahlonishwa umhlaba wonke.”
