I-Colombia ne-Trinidad & Tobago ukuxoxa ngezixhumanisi zokuhamba ngendiza

UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle WaseColombia, Umhlonishwa u-Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, uvumile ukubiza umhlangano wezinkampani zezindiza neTrinidad and Tobago ngoMeyi ukuze ahlole amathuba okuthuthukisa izixhumanisi zezindiza eCaribbean ebanzi naseNingizimu Melika.

Lesi simemezelo senziwe Ibamba likaNdunankulu uWinston Dookeran ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yakhe ngesikhathi evula Ingqungquthela Yezokuvakasha Esimeme (STC-14) eHyatt Regency ePort of Spain.

“Muva nje, ePanama, Umhlangano Wongqongqoshe Wenhlangano Yamazwe AseCaribbean ugunyaze umbono we-Caribbean Convergence Model entsha. Kuhlonzwe amahange amabili ohlelo lokusebenza: izixhumanisi zokuhamba ngendiza kanye nokuxhaswa ngezimali kwentuthuko,” kusho uDookeran.

Ibamba likaNdunankulu liphinde lananela ikhwelo eliqhubekayo elivela eCaribbean lokuthi kubuyekezwe isikhundla esithathwe uHulumeni waseBrithani mayelana nempikiswano ye-Air Passenger Duty noma i-APD.

"I-APD isaqhubeka nokuba nomthelela omubi emnothweni waseCaribbean, ikakhulukazi leyo ebikade incike emakethe yemithombo yezokuvakasha yase-UK," kusho uDookeran.

“Ohulumeni baseCaribbean babheka le ntela njengobandlululo, njengoba iCaribbean ifakwe eqenjini elenza uhambo oluya kulesi Sifunda lubize kakhulu kunokusuka eLondon uya e-United States.

"Izethulo eziphindaphindiwe zenziwe kuziphathimandla zaseBrithani ezisezingeni eliphezulu, ngohulumeni bezifunda kanye nabadlali abakhulu bezinkampani ezizimele, ukuze kuvuselelwe intela, kodwa lokhu akuphumelelanga."

U-Dookeran ucele i-CTO ukuthi iqhubeke ne-lobby ngokuqinile ukuze kubizwe iziphathimandla zaseBrithani ukuthi zithathe isinyathelo.