IFinland iya kunqumla ii-visa ze-Schengen kubakhenkethi baseRashiya ngama-90%

UMphathiswa Wezangaphandle waseFinland uthe namhlanje ilizwe liya kunqumla inani le-visa ye-Schengen ekhutshwe kubemi baseRussian Federation malunga ne-90%.

Ngokutsho koMphathiswa Wezangaphandle welizwe, uPekka Haavisto, umgaqo-nkqubo omtsha uya kunciphisa inani lezicelo ze-visa ezamkelweyo ezivela kubemi baseRashiya ukuya kumashumi amabini okanye ishumi ekhulwini kwinqanaba langoku.

Ukususela ngoSeptemba 1, 2022, kuphela izicelo ze-visa ezingama-500 ezenziwe ngaphakathi eRashiya eziza kuqwalaselwa yonke imihla, kwaye i-100 yabelwe abakhenkethi kwaye intsalela igcinelwe abantu abahamba ngezoshishino, kuquka abasebenzi, abafundi kunye nabo baneentsapho ezisondeleyo eFinland.

IFinland ngoku ifumana malunga ne-1,000 lezicelo ze-visa eRashiya yonke imihla. Ngaphantsi komgaqo-nkqubo omtsha, inani liya kuncipha ekugqibeleni libe yi-100-200.

UMphathiswa Wezangaphandle waseFinland ubhengeze ukuba ilizwe liyakuxhasa ukunqunyanyiswa ngokupheleleyo kwesivumelwano sokuququzelela i-visa phakathi kwe-EU kunye neRussia-inyathelo eliya kuba ngaphezulu komrhumo ophindwe kabini wezicelo zabahambi baseRussia.

IFinland ikwamema ukuvalwa kwe-EU ngokubanzi, ukujoyina i-Estonia, iLatvia, kunye neLithuania esele iyekile ukukhupha ii-visa kubemi baseRussia.

I-European Union yanqumamisa zonke iinqwelomoya eziya nokubuya eRussia emva kokuba urhulumente kaPutin ethe wayilwa imfazwe engazange ivuswe eUkraine ngoFebruwari, kodwa abemi baseRussia basenako ukungena e-EU ngomhlaba. Emva kokuba bekhutshiwe i-visa yokungena lilizwe elinye lezowuni ye-Schengen, banokuhamba baye nakweliphi na elinye iphondo angama-25 kumda wokuhamba ongenamda.

Ngokutsho kweNkulumbuso yaseFinland, “akulungile” ukuba abantu baseRashiya “baphile ubomi obuqhelekileyo, bahambe eYurophu, babe ngabakhenkethi.”

IFinland yaziphakamisa izithintelo zokungena kwi-COVID-19 nge-1 kaJulayi, 2022 kwaye yaqala ukwamkela izicelo zokungena ezivela kubemi baseRussia kwangolo suku lunye.

Bangaphezu kwama-236,000 abakhenkethi baseRussia abawelele eFinland kwinyanga ephelileyo, inkonzo yomda welizwe ingxelo.