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Babalelwa ku-75,000 abantu abahlangene enhlokodolobha yaseMoldova besekela izwe labo ukuthi lijoyine i-European Union, njengoba isiphenduke isizinda somzabalazo phakathi kweMoscow naseNtshonalanga.
Amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu baseMoldova bahlangane ngeSonto embuthanweni obusenhlokodolobha yezwe iChisinau ukukhombisa ukweseka kwabo izwe labo ukuthi lijoyine i-European Union.
Lo mhlangano wavulwa ngeculo laseMoldovan ne-European Union Anthem, i-Ode to Joy ka-Beethoven, okwathi ngemva kwalokho abahlanganyeli bacula “i-Europe” ne-“Europe Moldova”.
UMengameli waseMoldova uMaia Sandu ukhulume emcimbini obuhehe abantu ababalelwa ku-75,000 futhi wajoyinwa nguMengameli wePhalamende laseYurophu uRoberta Metsola.
“EPhalamende LaseYurophu, siyayibona imizamo emikhulu eyenziwe yizwe lakho ukuze kuqaliswe izinyathelo eziyisishiyagalolunye ze-European Commission zokuletha izinguquko kanye nokuhambisana ne-EU acquis,” kusho uMetsola ngenkathi ekhuluma nesixuku.
“I-Moldova isivele isilungele ukuhlanganiswa okujulile emakethe eyodwa ye-EU.”
IMoldova yanikezwa isikhundla sokuba yizwe le-EU kanye ne-Ukraine ngoJuni ngonyaka odlule, uSandu ayichaza ngaleso sikhathi ngokuthi “ukukhanya ekugcineni komhubhe”.
Njengoba iMoldova ifakwe isemishi phakathi kwe-Ukraine neRomania, ivame ukuba yisizinda somzabalazo phakathi kweMoscow naseNtshonalanga.
NgoFebhuwari uSandu wasola iRussia ngokuzama ukuthatha amandla ezweni lakhe elincane. Isivele inesifunda esihlubukayo, iTransnistria, lapho iRussia imise khona inani elincane lamasosha.
Ngaphambi kwalo mbuthano, uhulumeni wenze imikhankaso yokumema abantu ukuthi bawuhambele wafaka nezinye izithuthi zomphakathi ngeSonto ukuze kube lula ukuthi bangenele lo mhlangano.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, iMoldova iye yabona ukudumazeka okukhulu ngezombangazwe zangemva kweSoviet kanye nofuduko lwezinkulungwane zabantu baseMoldova bayohlala nokusebenza kwamanye amazwe.
Buka umbiko we-Euronews kusidlali sevidiyo esingenhla ukuze ufunde kabanzi.
