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Ephetha ingqungquthela yamazwe acebe kakhulu emhlabeni ngentando yeningi lapha ngeSonto, uMongameli Biden ubenenkinga yasekhaya engqondweni yakhe – izingxoxo zezikweletu zase-US ezihlaba umkhosi – kodwa futhi yabhekana nezinkinga zamazwe ngamazwe ezicindezela kakhulu abaphathi: i-Ukraine ne-China.
UBiden umemezele olunye usizo lwezempi lwase-Ukraine, okubandakanya amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-375 ezimotweni zokulwa nezikhali. Futhi wabikezela ubudlelwano be-US-China, kwelinye lamaphuzu abo aphansi kakhulu emashumini eminyaka, buzothuthuka maduze.
IQembu lamazwe ayi-7 lasebenzisa umhlangano walo waminyaka yonke ukugxeka ukuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine cishe ezinyangeni eziyi-15 ezedlule, liphinde lagcizelela ukwesekwa kwalo okuqinile kwe-Kyiv futhi linxusa iChina ukuthi yakheke kakhulu ekuqedeni impi futhi iqinise ezakhe izenzo zonya eTaiwan.
“Kanye nayo yonke i-G-7, sinemuva le-Ukraine futhi asiyi ndawo,” kusho uBiden.
UMengameli wase-Ukraine uVolodymyr Zelensky ubonakale ekhuluma nje engqungqutheleni yangeSonto, okuyingxenye yomkhankaso womhlaba wonke wokucela ukwesekwa okwengeziwe empini yezwe lakhe ebhekene nezinkinga yokuxosha amasosha aseRussia. UBiden noZelensky babingelelana ngokwanga.
Ngaphambilini ngeSonto, uMongameli waseRussia u-Vladimir Putin uhalalisele amasosha akhe kanye namasosha akhe e-Wagner Group ngalokho athi kwakuwukunqotshwa kwe-Bakhmut, indawo yempi ende nechitha igazi elikhulu kunawo wonke.
UZelensky ekuqaleni wayebonakala ekhala ngokuqothulwa kwedolobha elincane elisempumalanga kanye nokuwela kwalo emabuthweni okuhlasela, ethi, “I-Bakhmut manje isezinhliziyweni zethu kuphela.”
Kamuva, njengoba abasizi bakhe bezama ukuhlehlisa ukuphawula, uZelensky wacacisela izintatheli ukuthi leli dolobha elibangwayo “akulona iRussian Federation kusukela namuhla.”
Kwakungenakwenzeka ukucacisa iqiniso eliphelele phansi, kodwa iRussia iye yaba nesandla esiphezulu isikhathi eside. Zombili izinhlangothi zibulale abantu abaningi kule mpi.
“Abantu bangumcebo,” kusho uZelensky. “Angikwazi ukwabelana nawe ngemininingwane yobuchwepheshe yalokho okwenzekayo namaqhawe ethu.”
UBiden uphinde wathi uzovumela abashayeli bezindiza base-Ukraine ukuthi baziqeqeshe ngamabhanoyi ezempi e-F-16 enziwe e-US, amathuluzi uhulumeni wase-US ongakawanikezi abantu base-Ukrainian ukugwema ukubonakala kokubhebhetheka kwempi. UBiden uthe uthole “isiqiniseko esiyisicaba” sokuthi i-Ukraine ngeke isebenzise noma yiziphi izinto ezenziwe eMelika, okuhlanganisa nama-F-16, ukuhlasela ngaphakathi eRussia. Amasosha aseRussia angaphakathi e-Ukraine – okuhlanganisa nenhlonhlo yaseCrimea iRussia eyayithatha ngo-2014 – kuwumdlalo olungile, kusho uBiden.
Ephendukela eChina, uBiden uphinde wagcizelela inhloso yakhe “yokwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi iTaiwan ingazivikela” uma kwenzeka ihlaselwa yiBeijing. Kepha ubuye wathi ubona bungcono ubudlelwano phakathi kweWashington nohulumeni kaMongameli uXi Jinping.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi uzobona ukuthi lokho kuqala ukuncibilika maduze nje,” kusho uBiden esithangamini sabezindaba. Uphinde wazwakalisa ukweseka inqubomgomo ethi “One China”, ubudlelwano obungacacile ngamabomu obuqaphela izwe lase-China ngokusemthethweni ngenkathi ivuma iTaiwan njengesiqhingi esizibusayo.
Kungenzeka ukuthi amazwi kaBiden ayehloselwe ukwehlisela phansi ulimi oluqinile enkulumweni eyakhishwa yi-G-7 ngosuku olwedlule eyayithethisa iChina futhi yacasula uhulumeni kaXi, owathi umbuso wentando yeningi uyagxambukela ezindabeni zasekhaya zaseChina.
Engqungqutheleni yezinsuku ezintathu edolobheni laseJapan elacekelwa phansi yibhomu le-athomu laseMelika phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, kwashona abantu abangu-140,000, uBiden wabona ukungezwani okuvelayo phakathi kwezimbangi zendabuko iSouth Korea neJapan.
Ubutha buye baphikelela phakathi kwalokhu okubili phezu kokuphathwa kwamaKorea amaKorea ngesikhathi sombuso wamakoloni waseJapan kanye nempi. Kepha uMongameli waseNingizimu Korea u-Yoon Suk-yeol kanye noNdunankulu waseJapan uFumio Kishida bathathe izinyathelo zokubuyisana, futhi uBiden wabamema bobabili emhlanganweni ongandile wamazwe amathathu eWashington ngosuku oluzonqunywa. Womabili la madoda avuma, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu sezokuphatha.
Ngemuva kokuthembisa ubungozi bokungakhokhi isikweletu saseMelika esikweletini sayo ngeke kusibekele ingqungquthela, uBiden ubuyele esihlokweni futhi ngeSonto.
Uthe ukholelwa ukuthi unegunya ngaphansi kwesichibiyelo se-14 soMthethosisekelo wase-US ukuze aqinisekise ngokusobala ukuthi ukukhokhwa kwezikweletu kuyenziwa, nakuba evumile ukuthi kungase kube nezinselelo zomthetho kulo mzamo.
Yize engakwazi ukubikezela ukuthi ama-House Republican azokwenzani, uthe uzobe esezingxoxweni zocingo noSomlomo uKevin McCarthy ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngeSonto esuka e-Air Force One lapho ebuyela ekhaya.
Kamuva eWashington, uMcCarthy (R-Bakersfield) uthe eCapitol Hill la madoda amabili abe nocingo “olukhiqizayo” futhi azohlangana mathupha ngoMsombuluko.
I-Subramanian ibike evela e-Hiroshima kanye no-Wilkinson baseWashington.
