UPutin uzoqinisa ubuhlobo neBelarus ngokuyivikela ezitheni
U-Alexander Lukashenko, uMengameli waseBelarus, utshele uNgqongqoshe wezokuvikela waseRussia ngoMsombuluko ukuthi ufuna iziqinisekiso zokuthi iMoscow izolivikela izwe lakhe uma lihlaselwa, kubika abezindaba zeBelTA ezingaphansi kukahulumeni.
IBelTA iveze ukuthi uLukashenko ukhulume lamagama kuNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela waseRussia uSergei Shoigu ngesikhathi somhlangano enhloko-dolobha yaseBelarus iMinsk. ULukashenko ucashunwe ethi uke waxoxa noMengameli waseRussia, uVladimir Putin, athe bavumelana naye ukuthi lezi ziqinisekiso zokuphepha ziyadingeka futhi zidinga ukwenziwa ngokusemthethweni.
“Ngokujwayelekile, kuzwakale ezingxoxweni (noPutin) ukuthi esimweni sokuhlukunyezwa kweBelarus, iRussian Federation izovikela iBelarus njengendawo yayo. Lolu wuhlobo lwezokuphepha (iziqinisekiso) esiludingayo,” ucashunwe esho kanje uLukashenko.
IBelarus, okuyimanje isingatha ithimba lamasosha aseRussia, inikeze usizo eMoscow ngesikhathi somkhankaso wayo wezempi e-Ukraine lapho iRussia iwubiza ngokuthi “umsebenzi wezempi okhethekile.” Ezinsukwini zokuqala zempi, iMinsk yavumela iMoscow ukuthi isebenzise indawo yayo ukuze yethule ukuhlasela okungaphumelelanga enhlokodolobha yase-Ukraine, iKyiv.
Kusukela ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule, inqwaba yokuqeqeshwa kwamasosha nokuvakasha kwezikhulu zaseRussia ezisezingeni eliphakeme kuye kwaqubula ukuqagela kokuthi iBelarus ingase ihlanganyele ngokusemthethweni ekuhlaseleni okusha kwe-Ukraine. ULukashenko ubelokhu ephika izinhloso ezinjalo, kodwa uthe iBelarus izophendula kunoma yikuphi ukungena endaweni yayo noma imizamo yokudala udweshu.