Amazwe ase-Europe ngoLwesibili agijime ukuphenya ukuvuza okungachazeki emipayipini emibili yegesi yaseRussia iNord Stream ehamba ngaphansi koLwandle iBaltic eduze kwaseSweden naseDenmark.
Iziteshi zokulinganisa eSweden zibike ukuqhuma okukhulu ngaphansi kwamanzi endaweni efanayo nolwandle kanye nokuvuza kwegesi okwenzeke emipayipini ye-Nord Stream 1 ne-2 ngoMsombuluko, kusho ithelevishini yaseSweden (SVT) ngoLwesibili. Ngokusho kwe-SVT, ukuqhuma kokuqala kuqoshwe ngo-2:03 ekuseni ngesikhathi sendawo (00:03 GMT) ngoMsombuluko kanti okwesibili kuqoshwe ngo-7:04 ntambama (17:04 GMT) ngoMsombuluko kusihlwa.
"Akungabazeki ukuthi lokhu kwakuyiziqhumane," kusho uBjorn Lund, umfundisi wesayensi yokuzamazama komhlaba eSweden National Seismic Network (SNSN), ecashunwe yi-SVT ngoLwesibili. "Ungabona ngokucacile ukuthi amagagasi agxuma kanjani esuka phansi aye phezulu." Okunye kokuqhuma kwakunobukhulu obungu-2.3 esikalini sikaRichter, okufana nokuzamazama komhlaba okubonakalayo, futhi kwabhaliswa yiziteshi zokulinganisa ezingu-30 eningizimu yeSweden.
Uhulumeni waseDenmark ubheka ukuvuza kwepayipi likaphethiloli iNord Stream "njengezenzo ezihlosiwe," kusho uNdunankulu uMette Frederiksen lapha ngoLwesibili. "Kuwukuhlolwa okucacile yiziphathimandla ukuthi lezi yizenzo ezihlosiwe. Kwakungeyona ingozi," kusho uFrederiksen etshela izintatheli.
Inhloko yeKhomishini yaseYurophu u-Ursula von der Leyen ngoLwesibili uthe ukuvuza kwamapayipi e-Nord Stream kubangelwe ukucekelwa phansi, futhi waxwayisa ngokuthi "impendulo enamandla kakhulu" uma ingqalasizinda yamandla yaseYurophu esebenzayo ingahlaselwa. "Ngikhulume no (uNdunankulu waseDenmark uMette) Frederiksen ngesenzo sokucekelwa phansi i-Nordstream," kusho u-von der Leyen ku-Twitter, wengeza ngokuthi kubalulekile manje ukuphenya ngalezi zigameko ukuze kutholakale ukucaca okugcwele "ngemicimbi nokuthi kungani."
EMoscow, okhulumela iKremlin uDmitry Peskov utshele izintatheli ukuthi, "Akukho okunye okungasuswa njengamanje."
Abaholi baseYurophu bathi ngoLwesibili bakholelwa ukuthi ukuqhuma okubili okwalimaza amapayipi akhelwe ukuthutha igesi yemvelo yaseRussia eYurophu kwakungamabomu, kanti ezinye izikhulu zisole iKremlin, ziphakamisa ukuthi lokhu kuqhuma kwakuhloselwe ukuba yingozi kuleli zwekazi.
Lo monakalo awuzange ube nomthelela osheshayo ekuhlinzekweni kwamandla eYurophu. IRussia yanqamula ukugeleza kwamanzi ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, futhi amazwe aseYurophu ayesebenze kanzima ukuqoqa inqwaba yamandla nokuthola eminye imithombo yamandla ngaphambi kwalokho. Kodwa lesi sigameko cishe sizophawula ukuphela kokugcina kwamaphrojekthi omzila wepayipi iNord Stream, umzamo weminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili owajulisa ukuthembela kweYurophu kugesi wemvelo waseRussia - futhi izikhulu eziningi manje ezithi kwakuyiphutha elikhulu.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Okthoba-25-2022
