Dylan Bettencourt
I-Australia ikuqinisekisile ukuthi izohlanganyela neMelika njengoba zizobe zingekho izikhulu kuma-Olimpiki Asebusika azosingathwa e-China ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo.
UNdunankulu wase-Australia uScott Morrison uthe bathathe isinqumo sokuthatha isinyathelo ngenxa yerekhodi elibi lamalungelo abantu e-China, kanye nezinye izindaba eziningi ezihlezi zivezwa i-Australia.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ukukhuluma nohulumeni wase-China ngalezi zinkinga futhi akubanga nasiphazamiso kulokho okwenzeka ngasohlangothini lwethu, kodwa uhulumeni wase-China ubelokhu uwagwema amathuba okuhlangana nathi,” kusho uMorrison.
Undunankulu wengeze ngokuthi njengeMelika, abasubathi babo basazoya futhi babambe iqhaza kule midlalo, kodwa abamele uhulumeni ngeke babe khona e-China kulo mcimbi.
Ihhovisi lenxusa lase-China e-Australia lisigxekile lesi senzo lithi ngeke lisize ukuthuthukisa ubudlelwano obuvele bunezinkinga phakathi kwala mazwe womabili.
“Njengoba sazi sonke, icala ngenkinga ekhona yobudlelwano base-China ne-Australia lukuhlangothi lwase-Australia,” kubhalwe esitatemendeni.
Isinyathelo sase-Australia siza ngemuva kokuthi iMelika iqinisekise ukuthi izowuduba umcimbi ngonyaka ozayo ngesinqumo i-China ethe sizobaphoqa ukuthi bathathe “izindlela zokuphikisa.”
Ngemuva kwesinqumo saseMelika sokumemezela ukuduba kwalo mcimbi, inxusa lase-China e-Washington lithe lesi sinyathelo “ukuhlanekezela okukhulu komoya womthethosisekelo wama-olimpiki” nokuthi osopolitiki baseMelika abamenywanga kule midlalo noma kunjalo.
I-New Zealand ngeke ithumele izikhulu zayo zikahulumeni e-China, kodwa yaveza isizathu njengezinkinga ze-Covid-19 ngokumelene nokukhathazeka kwamalungelo abantu.
Ama-Olimpiki Asebusika azosingathwa e-Beijing edolobheni elikhulu lase-China, kusukela mhla zizine kuNhlolanja kuze kube zingama-20 kuNhlolanja.
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