Isikebhe sezivakashi siqede uhambo lwaso lokuqala ukusuka echwebeni laseNyakatho Korea iRajin ukuya edolobheni laseRussia iVladivostok. Ukuvulwa komzila kuphawula isicelo sePyongyang sokuthuthukisa ubudlelwano bezohwebo nezokuvakasha neRussia phakathi kwezingxabano ezikhulayo enhlonhlweni yaseKorea.
Abamele izinkampani zezokuvakasha zaseShayina naseRussia bebegibele isikebhe esifike eVladivostok ngoLwesine, kubika iRIA Novosti, icaphuna ophethe umzila. Abavakashi bokuqala ekuxhumekeni kwabagibeli okokuqala ngqa phakathi kwala mazwe womabili kulindeleke ngesonto elizayo, kwengeza.
Ukwethulwa kwalo mzila kuhlelwe ukuthi "kube negalelo ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha kwesifunda kanye nohwebo lwamazwe amabili," unxusa-jikelele waseRussia edolobheni laseChongjin, u-Yuriy Bochkarev, etshela abezindaba ze-TASS.
Isikebhe esithwala abantu sizothatha uhambo izikhathi ezine ngenyanga. Isikebhe saseMangyongbong kuthiwa sithwala abagibeli abafika ku-200 kanye namathani angu-1,500 wempahla, ngokusho kwe-TASS.
Noma ubani ozimisele ukugibela i-Rajin-Vladivostok cruise kuyodingeka akhokhe u-$87-$101, kuye ngesigaba se-cabin. Inkampani yaseRussia, esebenza i-Mangyongbong, inikeza indawo yokudlela, izindawo zokucima ukoma ezimbalwa, imishini ye-slot, izitolo kanye ne-sauna.
"Ukusebenza kweMangyongbong njengomkhumbi wezivakashi wamazwe ngamazwe i-Rajin-Vladivostok kuzoba negalelo elihle ekuthuthukiseni ezokuthutha zasolwandle kanye nokubambisana kwezomnotho kanye nezokuvakasha phakathi kwala mazwe womabili," iReuters icaphuna isikhungo sezindaba saseNyakatho Korea i-KCNA.
IMangyongbong yayijwayele ukuhamba phakathi kweNyakatho neJapan ngaphambi kokuthi iJapan ivimbe yonke imikhumbi yaseNyakatho Korea emanzini aseJapan kulandela ukuhlolwa kwemicibisholo yasePyongyang ngo-2006.
Kulandela okunye kokwethulwa kwakamuva kwemicibisholo yasePyongyang ngoMgqibelo, uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN usabise iNorth Korea ngohide olusha lwezijeziso, wayinxusa ukuthi imise umsebenzi wayo wezikhali zenuzi kanye ne-ballistic. Umholi omusha waseNingizimu Korea, uMoon Jae-in, naye ukugxekile ukuhlola kwakamuva kweNorth Korea, wathi maningi amathuba okuba kube nezingxabano phakathi kwamazwe.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The route's launch is slated to “contribute to the development of regional tourism and bilateral trade,” the Russian consul general in the city of Chongjin, Yuriy Bochkarev, told TASS news agency.
- “Mangyongbong's operation as the Rajin-Vladivostok international tourist liner will make a positive contribution to developing marine transport and economic cooperation and tourism between the two countries,” Reuters cited the North Korean KCNA news agency.
- Following one of Pyongyang's latest missile launches on Saturday, the UN Security Council threatened North Korea with a new raft of sanctions, urging it to suspend its nuclear and ballistic missile activity.
