IFrance esingethe le midlalo iphakathi kwamazwe angu-34 acele iKomidi Lamazwe Ngamazwe Lama-Olympic ukuthi livimbele ukubamba iqhaza kwabasubathi baseRussia naseBelarus kuma-Olympics aseParis ngo-2024, kubika i-DPA. I-USA, i-Great Britain ne-Australia nayo iphakathi kwalabo abaye bamemezela ngokumelene nokubamba iqhaza kwabasubathi baseRussia naseBelarusian.
Esitatimendeni esihlanganyelwe izolo, la mazwe aphikisana ngokuthi "impi yaseRussia engahlosiwe nengenasisekelo (emelene ne-Ukraine) yenziwe ngamabomu nguhulumeni waseBelarusian."
UNgqongqoshe Wezemidlalo waseRussia u-Oleg Matitsyn uthe ekuqaleni kwale nyanga "akwamukelekile neze" ukuthi ohulumeni bangaphandle bazame ukuthonya i-IOC.
I-IOC ngokwayo iqinisekise ngenyanga edlule ukuthi ihlose ukusekela unswinyo ngokumelene nezikhulu zaseRussia naseBelarusian ngaphambi kwama-Olympics azayo enhloko-dolobha yaseFrance, kodwa yengeza ukuthi izocabangela ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi abasubathi bamazwe womabili baqhudelane ngaphansi kwefulegi elingathathi hlangothi.
Esitatimendeni namuhla, amazwe angama-34 amelene neRussia neBelarus ukubamba iqhaza kule Midlalo akwamukele "ukubambelela kwe-IOC ezinswini ezikhona" kodwa athi isiphakamiso sokubamba iqhaza ngaphansi kwefulegi elingathathi hlangothi siphakamise "imibuzo eminingi nokukhathazeka".
Lokhu kucace ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kwamazwe angaphezu kuka-30, okuthe izolo athumele incwadi kwa-IOC efuna unswinyo. Lesi sihlava siza kulandela izinhlelo zekomkhulu zokuvumela abasubathi baseRussia naseBelarus ukuthi baqhudelane ngaphansi kwefulegi elingathathi hlangothi. Uhlu lwamenyezelwa yi-BBC.
Asikakabi khona isinqumo esisemthethweni ngaleli cala njengoba uMengameli we-IOC uThomas Bach ethi inhlangano yakhe ibhekene nenkinga enkulu.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, bekunokungaqiniseki ngokuthi imaphi ngempela amazwe asohlwini lwalabo abalungiselela ukuduba ama-Olympics uma i-IOC ingazange ihambisane nesicelo sabo.
Abamele iRussia kanye neBelarus bahlanganisa iFrance, ephethe ama-Olympics kanye neParalympics ka-2024, i-Japan, engosokhaya wama-Olympics ka-2021, e-Italy, ephethe ama-Olympics Wasebusika ka-2026, futhi isingathe i-USA kuma-Olympics Ehlobo Lango-2028.
I-Australia ibingakasayini isivumelwano, kodwa umkhulumeli woMnyango Wezemidlalo e-Australia utshele abeReuters ukuthi bekuyiphutha lokuphatha futhi uhulumeni uvumile ukuvala abasubathi.
Kuyacaca futhi ohlwini ukuthi iBulgaria neHungary yibona kuphela EU amazwe angekho phakathi kwabasayinayo. Njengoba lungekho ulwazi olusemthethweni oluvela ku-BOK noma uMnyango Wentsha Nezemidlalo, ubani othathe leso sinqumo nokuthi kungani.
Nawa wonke amazwe afuna unswinyo olubhekiswe kubasubathi baseRussia nabaseBelarusian:
I-Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zezeland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA.
Isithombe ngu-Frans van Heerden