Izwe laseMelika limisa isivumelwano senkonzo yezindiza neBelarus kulandela ukudunwa kwendiza iRyanair

• Isivumelwano Sezinsizakalo Zasemoyeni sase-US-Belarus sika-2019 simisiwe
• I-FAA incoma abathwali bomoya baseMelika ukuthi "baqaphe ngokweqile" lapho behamba esikhaleni somoya saseBelarus
• Izenzo zikahulumeni waseBelarus zalahlwa emhlabeni jikelele njengobuphekula obuxhaswe nguhulumeni kanye nobuqili bomoya.

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UNobhala Wezindaba e-White House uJen Psaki esitatimendeni ememezela ukuthi i-United States of America izomisa isivumelwano senkonzo yezindiza neBelarus kulandela ukuxhashazwa kwendiza yeRyanair okwakuxhaswe nguhulumeni.

"Izwe laseMelika lizosimisa isicelo salo sokubona ngokuzithandela kwesivumelwano sakwa-2019 sase-US-Belarus Air Services Agreement," kusho isitatimende.

Izolo, abakwa-US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bancome abaphathi bomoya baseMelika ukuthi "baqaphe ngokweqile" lapho bendiza esikhumulweni sezindiza saseBelarus.

Kodwa-ke le nhlangano iyeke ukuvimbela abathwali bomoya ukuthi bangene esikhaleni somoya saseBelarus.

NgoMeyi 23, i-Vilnius-bind Ryanair indiza ebisuka e-Athens iphoqeleke ukuthi ifike eMinsk International Airport ngemuva kokuthi iziphathimandla zaseBelarus "zibike" usongo olungelona olwebhomu futhi zabhuduzela i-A MiG-29 jet fighter ukuqinisekisa ukuthi indiza ihlala eBelarus.

Ngokushesha lapho befika ngenkani, abezokuphepha baseBelarus babopha intatheli ephikisayo u-Roman Protasevich, ongomunye wabasunguli besiteshi se-Nexta Telegram, nomlingani wakhe, uSofia Sapega waseRussia, ababephakathi kwabagibeli bezindiza iRyanair.

Akudingeki ukuthi kushiwo, alikho ibhomu elitholwe ngaphakathi kwendiza.

Izenzo zikahulumeni waseBelarus zalahlwa emhlabeni jikelele njengobuphekula obuxhaswe nguhulumeni kanye nobuqili bomoya.