Kasar New Zealand ta yi kira da a gaggauta sakin matukin jirgin Phillip Mehrtens wanda mayaka suka yi garkuwa da shi a lardin Papua na Indonesiya mai fama da rikici shekara guda da ta wuce.
A ranar 7 ga watan Fabrairun shekarar da ta gabata ne wasu gungun mayaka daga kungiyar ‘yantar da ‘yancin kai ta yammacin Papua National Liberation Army (TPN-PB) suka kwace shi daga jirgin Susi Air na kasar Indonesiya Mehrtens, wanda ke shawagi da jirgin sama mai tuka tuka guda daya na jirgin saman Susi Air na Indonesiya. An bai wa Papua ‘yancin kai.
Kungiyar karkashin jagorancin kwamandan yankin Elias Kogoya, daga baya ta fitar da hotuna da faifan bidiyo da ke nuna Mehrtens na kewaye da ‘yan tawaye, wasu dauke da bindigogi wasu kuma dauke da baka da kibau a yankunan dazuzzukan masu nisa.
Ministan Harkokin Wajen New Zealand Winston Peters ya ce dan kasar New Zealand din ya kasance yana samar da “mahimman hanyoyin sadarwa da kayayyaki ga al’ummomin da ke nesa” a lokacin da aka sace shi.
“Muna kira da babbar murya ga wadanda ke rike da Phillip da su sake shi ba tare da wani lahani ba. Ci gaba da tsare shi ba ya amfanar kowa,” in ji Peters a wata sanarwa da ya fitar na cika shekara guda da kama matukin jirgin.
ALJAZEERA/Ladan Nasidi.
