Umkhumbi wokucwaninga ngomkhumbi waseChina u-Shi Yan 6 uhlelelwe ukuthi ufike i-Sri Lanka ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba, ngokusho kukaNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle u-Mohamed Ali Sabry. I UMnyango Wezangaphandle unikeze imvume yokufika komkhumbi.
The Chinese umkhumbi manje kulindeleke ukuthi ufike eSri Lanka ngoNovemba 25, nakuba ekuqaleni babefuna ukufika ngo-Okthoba. Uhulumeni waseSri Lanka uphikelele ukuthi kufike ngoNovemba ngenxa yezibopho zabo eziqhubekayo kanye nezindaba ezibucayi ezihlobene nokuvakasha. Bagxile ekwabeni izinsiza zabo ngendlela efanele.
Uhulumeni waseSri Lankan ubhekene nesimo esiyinselele ngenxa yochungechunge lwemicimbi yamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokuxoxisana kwezokuxhumana. Basanda kusingatha ingqungquthela yongqongqoshe bezemvelo, balungiselela umhlangano we-IORA nabamele amazwe angama-34, futhi banokuvakasha okuzayo okuvela kuMongameli uRanil Wickremesinghe eChina kanye nethimba lezithunywa zaseFrance. Phakathi kwalezi zibopho, bacele umkhumbi wokucwaninga waseChina ukuthi ufike kamuva.
Bazizwa benengcindezi evela ezinhlangothini eziningi, ikakhulukazi abavela e-India nakwamanye amaqembu ngenxa ye-geopolitics eyinkimbinkimbi ehilelekile. ISri Lanka iyayivuma indawo yayo enamasu oLwandlekazi i-Indian kanye nesidingo sokugcina ubudlelwano obuhle nawo wonke amandla amakhulu. Nakuba i-China ingumngane obalulekile, i-Sri Lanka isazibophezele osukwini lwabo oluhleliwe lokufika komkhumbi wase-China.
