Emhlanganweni Wabaholi Benkundla YasePacific Islands e-Cook Islands, uNdunankulu wase-Australia u-Anthony Albanese umemezele ukuthi uhulumeni wakhe uzimisele ukunikeza indawo yokukhosela kubo bonke abantu baseTuvalu abathintwe ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Tuvalu iyisizwe esincane esakhiwe iziqhingi eziyisishiyagalolunye ezisendaweni ephansi eningizimu-ntshonalanga yePacific Ocean phakathi kwe-Australia neHawaii. Inendawo engamakhilomitha-skwele angu-26 kanye nenani labantu abangu-11,426, futhi ibhekwa njengengcuphe yokucwiliswa emanzini ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwamazinga olwandle.
Ngokusho the Uhlelo Lokuthuthukiswa Kwezizwe Ezihlangene (UNDP), ingxenye yenhloko-dolobha yaseTuvalu, iFunafuti, kulindeleke ukuthi igcwale amanzi amaningi ngo-2050.
Isivumelwano "esinzima", esinikezwe nguNdunankulu wase-Albanese sizovumela zonke izakhamizi zaseTuvalu ukuthi zifudukele e-Australia ngokusemthethweni.
Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano esisayinwe yiwo womabili la mazwe, i-Australia yazibophezela ekunikezeni usizo eTuvalu “ekuphenduleni inhlekelele enkulu yemvelo, ubhubhane lwezempilo kanye nodlame lwamasosha,” kanye nokusungula “ukuzinikela okuzinikele” okunikeza abantu baseTuvalu e-Australia indawo yokuhlala unomphela.
Umthamo wokuqala wokufuduka uzobekwa kubantu abangama-280 ngonyaka.
Ngokuvuma ukuthi ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kusalokhu “kuyingozi enkulu empilweni, ezokuphepha nasenhlalakahleni yabantu basePacific,” ihhovisi lika-Albanese lathi i-Australia izokwenza utshalomali olwengeziwe “ukwakha ukuqina kwabalingani bethu basePacific.”
"Inyunyana yase-Australia-Tuvalu Falepili izobhekwa njengosuku olubalulekile lapho i-Australia yavuma ukuthi siyingxenye yomndeni wasePacific," kusho u-Albanese.
Uhulumeni wase-Australia uzonikela okungenani ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-350 kwingqalasizinda yesimo sezulu esifundeni, okuhlanganisa namaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-75 ngohlelo lokuthuthukisa amandla avuselelekayo ezindaweni ezikude nezisemaphandleni.
UNdunankulu u-Albanese uphinde wengeza ngokuthi i-Australia "ivulekele izindlela ezivela kwamanye amazwe zokuthi singathuthukisa kanjani ubudlelwano bethu" nezizwe zasePacific.
