Umongameli uNicolas Sarkozy utshilo umongameli waseFransi.
Omnye umphangi wabulawa kwaye abanye abathandathu babanjwa kuhlaselo lombane, oluthathe imizuzu eli-10. Abathinjwa abazange bonzakale.
Ngenkxaso evela kwinqanawa yemfazwe yamaFrentshi eyayimi kufutshane, abanye abangamashumi amathathu eCommandos batsibela abaphangi. Bafumene inkxaso evela eJamani naseMalaysia, ngokutsho kwe-Elysée.
Iphulo lokuhlangula lihambelana neendaba zokuba inqanawa yekhemikhali ebhalisiweyo yaseHong Kong ithinjiwe kwaye amalungu ayo angama-22 abanjwe kwindawo enye.
“IFransi ayizukuvumela ulwaphulo-mthetho ukuba luhlawule,” utshilo umnumzana Sarkozy, othumele iyunithi ye-commando emva kokufumana ulwazi lokuba abaphangi basondela kwindawo ekhuselwe kakhulu elunxwemeni, apho iinzame zokuhlangula bezinokuba yingozi kakhulu.
“Eli phulo lisisilumkiso kubo bonke abo benza izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho,” watsho umongameli waseFransi, owacela iinzame zamazwe ngamazwe zokukhusela iinqanawa kwiGulf of Aden ezaliswe ngabaphangi kunye nemimandla eyingqongileyo – edume ngokuba yeyona iyingozi emhlabeni.
“Eli likhwelo lokuhlanganisa uluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe,” utshilo.
Abaqweqwedisi bathimba uJean-Yves Delanne nomfazi wakhe uBernadette kwisikhephe sabo esiziimitha ezingama-52, iCarré d'As, ngoSeptemba 2. Kuthiwa babefuna intlawulelo ye-1.4 yezigidi zeerandi. Umnumzana Sarkozy uqinisekisile ukuba kufunwa intlawulelo, kodwa akazange anike zinkcukacha zingaphezulu.
Abaphangi baye babanjwa ngelixa besiya kwindawo eselunxwemeni kwidolophu yase-Eyl, kwingingqi yaseSomalia ezimeleyo ephantsi kwePuntland.
Abathinjwa bakhululweyo ngabantu abathanda ukuhamba ngesikhephe abahlala eTahiti kwaye bebedlula kwiGulf of Aden besuka eOstreliya besiya kwizibuko leFrench Atlantic eLa Rochelle xa babanjwa.
Isikhephe sabo sakhatshwa ukubuyela e-Djibouti, apho iFransi ineziko lomkhosi.
Abaphangi basendleleni eya eFransi, apho baya kujoyina abanye abathandathu ababanjwe kumsebenzi omangalisayo wokuhlangula umhlaba waseFransi ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
I-Commandos yaseFransi yangenelela nge-11 ka-Epreli emva kokuba abaphangi baseSomalia bahluthe isikhephe sobunewunewu saseFransi, iLe Ponant, kunye nabasebenzi bayo abangama-30, bababambe iveki.
Abasemagunyeni ePuntland bawamkele umsebenzi wamva nje waseFransi.
Umcebisi kamongameli wathi: “Ilizwe lasePuntland liyawakhuthaza amanyathelo anjalo yaye lihlaba ikhwelo nakwabanye oorhulumente bamazwe abo avalelweyo ukuba benze okufanayo.
Amazwi akhe afika phakathi kweenzame zokukhusela ukukhululwa kwezinye iinqanawa ezininzi ezisezandleni zabaphangi kule ndawo - yamva nje yinqwelo yeekhemikhali ebhalisiwe yaseHong-Kong.
“Esi siganeko senzeke kwipaseji yokhuseleko lwaselwandle egadwe yimikhosi yaselwandle emanyeneyo,” yatsho intloko ye-International Maritime Bureau Piracy Reporting Centre. “Imeko (kwiGulf of Aden) iyingozi. Sibongoza i-UN kunye noluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe olunempahla yasemanzini kulo mmandla ukuba luwuyeke lo mngcipheko, ”utshilo.
Malunga neenqanawa ezingama-50, ingakumbi iinqanawa zabarhwebi, ziye zahlaselwa ngabaphangi abasuka kwiikhilomitha ezingama-2,300 kunxweme lwaseSomalia ukusukela ekuqaleni konyaka, kwaye uninzi luye lwabanjwa. NgokukaMnu Sarkozy, abaphangi baseSomalia ngoku babambe abantu abayi-150 kunye neenqanawa ezili-15 ubuncinci.
Isikhephe saseFransi sokuloba ityhuna sahlaselwa ngerocket malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-700 ukusuka kunxweme lwaseSomalia ngoMgqibelo. Abaphangi baba nesibindi kwaye ngoku bajolise kwizikhephe kwindawo elingana neFransi kunxweme lwaseSomalia.
Inqanawa kamama yabaphangi kurhaneleka ukuba isebenza kule ndawo, ithumela izikhephe ezincinci, ezixhobe kakhulu xa ibona inqanawa edlulayo.
NgoMgqibelo itanki yeoli esebenza eJapan yatsha, ngelixa i-trawler yaseSpain yayijoliswe kwiveki ephelileyo.
NgoJuni, iBhunga loKhuseleko leZizwe eziManyeneyo lamkele ngamxhelo mnye isigqibo esigunyazisa iinqanawa zemfazwe zangaphandle ukuba zingene kumhlaba welizwe laseSomalia ngemvume karhulumente. Noko ke, ngoku zimbalwa kakhulu iinqanawa zemfazwe zamazwe angaphandle ezijikelezayo kulo mmandla.
Abaphathiswa bamazwe angaphandle baseYurophu bavumile ngoMvulo ukuseka iyunithi ekhethekileyo yokulungelelanisa iinzame zokulwa nobuqhetseba eSomalia, bephakamisa amathuba okuba kuthunywe i-EU yexesha elizayo.
