INdlu yeNdlu Isithethi sikaJen Psaki sibhengeze namhlanje ukuba i-United States iza kukwala okuzayo IiOlimpiki zaseBusika zaseBeijing zowama-2022 kunye neMidlalo yeParalympic eTshayina.
"Ulawulo lwe-Biden aluzukuthumela naluphi na ummeli okanye ummeli osemthethweni Ngo-2022 iiOlimpiki zaseBeijing zeOlimpiki,” utshilo uJen Psaki, ephawula ukuba esi sigqibo asibandakanyi iimbaleki zase-US eziya kukhululeka ukuba zihambe ukuya kukhuphisana eBeijing.
Ukuhluthwa kwe-diplomatic kusaza kuvumela iimbaleki zaseMelika ukuba zikhuphisane kwaye ekugqibeleni aziyi kuchaphazela inkqubo yemidlalo, nangona inani labadlali baseMelika lixhasa isizathu, ukubhengeza unyango lwaseBeijing lwama-Uyghur Muslim ukuba 'libi.'
Akukho mongameli waseMelika uye wancama ii-Olimpiki ukusukela oko uJimmy Carter wagxotha iiOlimpiki zaseMoscow ngo-1980.
INdlu yeNdlu Isithethi sathi iQela lase-USA line 'nkxaso epheleleyo' yolawulo, kwaye ulawulo luya kubazinzisa ekhaya.
Ngelixa wayesenza isifungo sokuvuyisa iimbaleki zaseMelika ezikhuphisanayo, u-Psaki wakhala ngelithi ukuthumela igqiza kuya kuphatha iiOlimpiki njengeshishini njengesiqhelo, kwaye iUnited States 'ayinakuyenza loo nto,' icaphula ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo abantu baseBeijing, kubandakanya 'ukubulawa kwabantu kunye nokubulawa kwabantu. ulwaphulo-mthetho olujoliswe eluntwini.'
UBeijing utyityimbisel' umnwe 'ngeendlela zokuchasana' kwangoko ngoMvulo ukuba abalawuli be-Biden babhengeze ukugwaywa kwe-Olimpiki yaseBusika.
Isithethi sesebe lezangaphandle laseTshayina uZhao Lijian ukwathe iBeijing iyakuthathela ingqalelo esi senzo 'njengokuxhokonxa ngokwezopolitiko;/' ngexesha lenkcazo ngoMvulo. Walile ukunika iinkcukacha malunga nendlela iTshayina enokuthi iphendule ngayo kokuncinci.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics,” Jen Psaki said, noting that this decision does not cover US athletes who will be free to travel to compete in Beijing.
- The diplomatic boycott would still allow American athletes to compete and ultimately would not affect the games' proceedings, although a number of American athletes support the cause, declaring Beijing's treatment of Uyghur Muslims to be ‘abysmal.
- While vowing to cheer on the competing American athletes, Psaki lamented that sending a delegation would treat the Olympics as business as usual,’ and the United States just ‘simply can't do that,’.
