ISouth Korea iyalele izakhamizi zase-Yeonpyeong Island kanye neziqhingi ezine ezisemngceleni ukuthi zikhoseliswe ngoMsombuluko lapho zilungiselela izivivinyo zezempi ngalo lolo suku umhlangano ophuthumayo woMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN uphele ngaphandle kwesitatimende esihlangene odabeni oluyimpikiswano.
Lezi zivivinyo sezikhulise ukwesabela ukuthi kuzoba nengxabano entsha neNorth Korea.
Izakhamizi ezilinganiselwa ku-8,000 ziyalelwe ukuthi zibambe iqhaza e-Yeonpyeong, e-Baengnyeong, e-Daecheong, e-Socheong nase-Udo. Isimiso esijwayelekile ukuthi ukuqeqeshwa kuqale emahoreni amabili ngemuva kokwaziswa kwezakhamuzi, nakuba amasosha ezwe anqabile ukuqinisekisa isikhathi esiqondile sohlelo oluhleliwe. izivivinyo.
INorth Korea ithe ngempelasonto ukuthi izivivinyo ezihleliwe zenzelwe ukwephula umthetho wezempi owaqeda iMpi YaseKorea ngo-1953 futhi "uqubule impi nganoma iyiphi indlela." E-United Nations, cishe amahora ayisishiyagalombili ezingxoxo eziphuthumayo zoMkhandlu Wezokuphepha mayelana nokungaboni ngasolinye ziphele ngeSonto ngaphandle kwesitatimende esihlangene, kusho iNxusa laseRussia u-Vitaly Churkin etshela izintatheli.
Izwe laseRussia licele ukuthi kube neseshini yezimo eziphuthumayo ngempelasonto ukuze kunqandwe isimo esibucayi mayelana nezivivinyo ezihlelelwe amasosha aseNingizimu Korea e-Yeonpyeong Island, eyahlaselwa yiNorth Korea ngoNovemba. U-Churkin uxwayise ngobumnyama ngokuthi umhlaba ungabhekana "nengxabano enzima" emahoreni ambalwa, nokuthi umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba "awunalo uhlelo lomdlalo ohlangothini lwezokuxhumana."
"Ngamahora ambalwa kungase kube nokushuba okukhulu kokungezwani - ukungqubuzana okukhulu, ngaleyo ndaba," esho.
UChurkin utshele izintatheli ukuthi iMoscow iyaqhubeka nokucela ukuthi kuzothintwa izinhlangothi zombili, kodwa wathi uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha "awuzange uphumelele ngokuphelele" ekufinyeleleni ukuvumelana phakathi kwamalungu awo angu-15. Udalule imininingwane embalwa ngeseshini, kodwa wathi amalungu awavumelani mayelana nokuthi kufakwe yini ukugxekwa kokudubula kweNorth Korea, okushiye kushone abane.
Ngaphesheya kwe-Demilitarized Zone, umngcele obiyelwe kakhulu owasungulwa yi-armistice yango-1953, abasebenzi baseSouth Korea bebevinjelwa ukungena eKaesong Industrial Complex, kusho uMnyango Wezobumbano wezwe. Isifunda sefekthri siyinsali yokugcina “yeNqubomgomo Yokukhanya Kokukhanya” yaseNingizimu Korea yokuxhumana okugqugquzelayo neNyakatho yamakhomanisi.
UBill Richardson, owayeyinxusa laseMelika kuNhlangano Yezizwe, uthe ngoMsombuluko "ukhathazeke kakhulu" ngokuthi iNorth Korea izophendula ngezempi kulezi zivivinyo. Kepha utshele uWolf Blitzer we-CNN wasePyongyang, "Angiboni senzo ezinhlangothini zombili ngenkathi uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha usahlangana."
U-Richardson ubelokhu ehlangana nezikhulu eziphezulu ohambweni olungekho emthethweni, lwezinsuku ezine oluya eNyakatho Korea. Uthe unethemba lokuthi uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha uzoveza isitatimende esizwakalisa “ukukhathazeka okukhulu” ngokungaboni ngaso linye futhi unxusa ukuthi kuvinjwe.
“Lokhu kungase kuvikele izinhlangothi zombili ukuthi zingenzi lutho. Ithemba lami elikhulu lelo,” kusho yena.
IRussia icele umhlangano ophuthumayo woMkhandlu Wezokuphepha wangeSonto futhi yaphakamisa isitatimende esisalungiswa, iphakamisa ukuthi kube nezichibiyelo amazwe aseNtshonalanga athe kuzobeka icala elikhulu eNorth Korea, kusho osomaqhinga. Kodwa bathi okubambe iqhaza elikhulu yiChina, esondelene kakhulu neNyakatho, enqabayo ukuvumelana nganoma yisiphi isitatimende esisho ngisho nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eYeonpyeong.
I-Russia ne-China, angamalungu oMkhandlu Wezokuphepha unomphela, acele iSouth Korea ukuthi icubungule kabusha izinhlelo zayo zokuzivivinya ezihleliwe. Iseshini yangeSonto ebivaliwe ibanjwe nabamele iNorth and South Korea bekhona nabakhulumayo.
Phambilini, isikhulu samasosha aseNingizimu Korea sitshele inhlangano yezindaba engaphansi kukahulumeni wezwe iYonhap ukuthi iSeoul ngeke ivinjwe yizinsongo ezivela eNyakatho.
“Uhlelo lokudubula oluhleliwe luyingxenye yezivivinyo ezijwayelekile ezenziwa amasosha ethu azinze e-Yeonpyeong Island. Lo mshini ungathethelelwa, njengoba uzokwenzeka emanzini ethu,” kusho lesi sikhulu.
Izingxabano phakathi kwalawa maKorea womabili ziphezulu kusukela iNyakatho yadubula esiqhingini ngenyanga edlule, kwashona osolwandle ababili kanye nezakhamuzi ezimbili. Amasosha aseNingizimu Korea athe ngoLwesine ukuthi izivivinyo zizokwenzeka olwandle oluseningizimu-ntshonalanga yesiqhingi phakathi kukaDisemba 18 no-21, kodwa isimo sezulu esingesihle siphoqe ukubambezeleka ngoMgqibelo.
“Ngeke sicabangele izinsongo zaseNyakatho Korea kanye nezimo zezikhulu ngaphambi kokuba sibambe umkhankaso wokucisha umlilo. Uma isimo sezulu sivuma, izobanjwa njengoba bekuhleliwe,” kusho isikhulu samasosha.
Khonamanjalo, iNorth Korea ibiqinisa amasosha ayo ogwini lwayo olusentshonalanga ngaphambi kwezivivinyo ezihleliwe zaseNingizimu, kubika iYonhap, ecaphuna isikhulu sikahulumeni waseNingizimu Korea.
"Ibutho lezikhali zaseNyakatho Korea eduze noLwandle Oluphuzi likhuphule izinga lokulungela," kusho umthombo.
I-Yeonpyeong itholakala oLwandle Oluphuzi, eningizimu nje yeNorthern Limit Line - umngcele wasolwandle owadwetshwa ngo-1953 yiZizwe Ezihlangene ngemva nje kweMpi YaseKorea. Ulayini ungamakhilomitha amathathu e-nautical ukusuka ogwini lwaseNyakatho Korea.
Uma singekho isivumelwano esigcwele sokuthula phakathi kwamaKorea amabili, iNorthern Limit Line isalokhu ikhona. INorth Korea isiphakamise omunye umugqa, kodwa iSouth Korea yenqabile, njengoba izosondeza umngcele wasolwandle waseNyakatho ne-Incheon, ichweba elikhulu.
Umkhulumeli waseNyakatho Korea ngempelasonto uthe izivivinyo zamasosha ezihleliwe "ziwumklamo omubi" wokwephula Isivumelwano Sezikhali SaseKorea futhi "kubhebhethekise impi nganoma iyiphi indlela."
"Ukudubula okuzokwenziwa ngamasosha aseNingizimu Korea ekugcineni, ukweqa ulayini owenqabelayo kuzokwenza kungenzeki ukuvimbela isimo eNhlonhlweni yaseKorea ukuthi singaqhuma futhi sibaleke enhlekeleleni ezayo," kusho umkhulumeli, ngokusho kweNorth Korea. Isikhungo Sezindaba Esimaphakathi saseKorea.
INorth Korea isole i-United States ngezinsolo zokuthi igxeka abantu baseNingizimu Korea.
INorth Korea "izophoqa i-US ukuthi ikhokhele kakhulu zonke izimo ezimbi kakhulu ezikhona kule nhlonhlo kanye nemiphumela yazo," kusho umkhulumeli.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- North Korea said over the weekend that the planned exercises were designed to violate the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953 and “ignite war at any cost.
- The South Korean military had said Thursday that the exercises would take place in the seas southwest of the island between December 18 and 21, but adverse weather forced a delay Saturday.
- South Korea ordered residents of Yeonpyeong Island and four border islands to take shelter Monday in preparation of military exercises on the same day an emergency meeting of the U.
