I-China igxeka upopu ngezimvo zakhe malunga negcuntswana lamaSilamsi

I-China ngolwe-Lwesibini igxeke uPopu uFrancis ngesicatshulwa kwincwadi yakhe entsha apho akhankanya ukubandezeleka kweqela lase China lama-Uyghur lamaSilamsi.

Isithethi se-Ofisi yoMphathiswa Wezangaphandle uZhao Lijian uthe le ntetho kaFrancis "ayinasihlahla".

"Abantu bazo zonke izizwe banandipha amalungelo apheleleyo okusinda, ukukhula kunye nenkululeko yenkolo," utshilo uZhao kwindibano yemihla ngemihla.

UZhao khange azikhankanye iinkampu apho ngaphezulu kwesigidi se-Uighurs kunye namalungu amanye amaqela amaTshayina amaSilamsi abanjiweyo. I-United States nabanye oorhulumente, kunye namaqela amalungelo abantu, bathi izakhiwo ezinjengeentolongo zenzelwe ukwahlula amaSilamsi kwilifa labo lenkolo kunye nenkcubeko, ebanyanzela ukuba babhengeze ukuthembeka kwiQela lamaKomanisi laseTshayina nakwinkokheli yalo, uXi Jinping.

I-China, eyayikhanyela ukuba ezi zakhiwo zazikhona, ngoku zibanga ukuba ngamaziko ayilelwe ukubonelela ngoqeqesho lomsebenzi kunye nokuthintela ubugrogrisi kunye nokuzibandakanya kwezenkolo ngokuzithandela.

Kwincwadi yakhe entsha ethi Masiphuphe, ecwangciselwe uDisemba 1, uFrancis wadwelisa "ama-Uyghurs ahluphekayo" phakathi kwemizekelo yamaqela atshutshiswa ngenxa yokholo lwawo.

UFrancis wabhala ngesidingo sokubona umhlaba uvela kwimida kunye noluntu, "ngokubhekisele kwiindawo zesono nosizi, ukubekelwa ecaleni kunye nokubandezeleka, ukugula kunye nesizungu".

Kwiindawo ezinjalo zokubandezeleka, "Ndihlala ndicinga ngabantu abatshutshiswayo: amaRohingya, ama-Uyghurs ahluphekileyo, amaYazidi - into eyenziwa yi-ISIS kubo yayikhohlakele ngokwenene - okanye amaKrestu ase-Egypt nase Pakistan abulawa ziibhombu ezathi zathandaza ecaweni "Wabhala uFrancis.

UFrancis wenqabile ukubiza i-China ukuba iqhekeze inkolo encinci, kubandakanya amaKatolika, okothusayo kulawulo lukaTrump kunye namaqela amalungelo abantu. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, iVatican ivuselele isivumelwano sayo esiphikisanayo noBeijing malunga nokuqeshwa koobhishophu bamaKatolika, kwaye noFrancis waqaphela ukuba angathethi okanye enze nantoni na ukukhubekisa urhulumente waseTshayina ngalo mbandela.

I-China ne-Vatican azibanga nabudlelane ngokusesikweni okoko iQela lamaKomanisi laphelisa ubudlelwane laza labamba abefundisi bamaKatolika kungekudala emva kokuthatha ulawulo ngo-1949.