I-RIGA - Idolophu enkulu yaseLatvia iRiga idinwe ngabakhenkethi baseBritane abangalawulekiyo abaya esixekweni kwiiholide ze-boozy, besonakalisa igama labo phakathi kwabanye abaza kuba ziindwendwe, utshilo usodolophu kudliwanondlebe olupapashwe ngoLwesibini.
UNils Usakovs uxelele imagazini yenyanga i-Rigas Laiks ukuba ujonge ukutsala uluhlu olubanzi lwabatyeleli kwisixeko esihle njengoko ilizwe laseBaltic lizama ukulwa nokudodobala koqoqosho.
“Ingxaki kuphela kukuba sinesabelo esikhulu sabakhenkethi baseBritane,” utshilo u-Usakovs.
“Ukuba besinabanye abakhenkethi, iindwendwe zase-Bhritane eziphoxayo ngalo lonke ixesha bezingayi kuphawuleka ... Masingachani kwezopolitiko — ngelishwa oku kukodwa kwabo,” wongeze watsho.
Eyona ndawo ibuhlungu yaba ngabakhenkethi abachamela kumbindi weRiga wesikhumbuzo seNkululeko, uphawu lomzabalazo waseLatvia wokuchasa iinkulungwane zolawulo lwamazwe angaphandle.
Iindwendwe ziye zabanjwa rhoqo zize zohlwaywe ngenxa yokuzikhulula kwilitye lesikhumbuzo, okanye ukufotwa kwazo zihamba ze.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iRiga iye yaba yindawo ethandwayo yamaxabiso aphantsi yokuya kubantu baseBritane abancinci ngeempelaveki zenyamazane, isiko elihlala linxilile lokuhamba nzima nomyeni ngaphambi komtshato wakhe.
Uninzi lwabahlali balapha kunye namagosa ezokhenketho adinwe yimpambano yabo abayibona iyinto yokucinywa kwezinye iindwendwe.
Ukugqabhuka kuka-Usakovs akukona okokuqala ligosa eliphezulu laseLatvia.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, owayesakuba ngumphathiswa wezangaphakathi kwelo lizwe ngelo xesha, uMareks Seglins, wakhalimela “iihagu zamaNgesi” ngelithi “zingabantu abamdaka, abakhohlakeleyo.”
Umongameli uValdis Zatlers wamkhalimela uSeglins, esithi nangona abantu basemzini kufuneka bathobele umthetho, amagosa aseLatvia akufuneki abhenele ekubizeni amagama.
I-ambassy yase-Bhritane e-Riga ihlala ivakalisa ukuzisola malunga nokuziphatha kwabemi bayo kodwa yagxininisa ukuba uninzi alubenzi benkathazo kwaye akufuneki ludityaniswe negcuntswana elingalawulekiyo.
