Usihlalo wesigungu esiphezulu se-Fraport AG uDkt. Stefan Schulte ugcizelele ukubaluleka okukhethekile kwephrojekthi yemvume yase-St.

“Ukuhlanganyela kwethu eSt. Petersburg kuzophumela ezinzuzweni ezinkulu kokubili kuleli dolobha nakuFraport, njengomphathi wesikhumulo sezindiza,” kugcizelela uSchulte. “Idolobha laseSt. Petersburg liyazi ukuthi ukusebenza kwesikhumulo sezindiza salo kuzoba sezandleni ezinhle nokuthi ‘lihlala’ elinye labaphathi bezindiza abahlonishwa kakhulu emhlabeni eRussia. Sihlose ukukhulisa amathuba okukhula namandla ahlinzekwa yimakethe yezokuthutha zasemoyeni yaseRussia kanye neSikhumulo Sezindiza sasePulkovo. Ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bethu beFraport sizothuthukisa iPulkovo ibe indawo ehamba phambili enamazinga aphezulu.”

I-"Russia Calling" ithathwa ngabatshalizimali bamazwe ngamazwe njengenye yezinkundla ezihamba phambili zokuthuthukisa ukutshalwa kwezimali kwephothifoliyo kanye nokubambisana okunesu eRussia, naphezu kwemiphumela yenkinga yezezimali eqhubekayo. Lesi sithangami sixhumanisa abamele uhulumeni abangaphezu kuka-300, abatshalizimali, nosomabhizinisi abavela ezinkampanini namabhange abalulekile aseRussia nawamazwe ngamazwe, kanye nabaphathi bempahla. Kuzokwethulwa uhlelo oluhlukene lwezinkulumo nezingxoxo zephaneli kuwo wonke umcimbi wezinsuku ezintathu.

Ngokokuqala ngqa, i-“Russia Calling” yalo nyaka yethulwa ngokubambisana ne-VTB Capital, uphiko lwamabhange otshalomali lwe-VTB Group – ibhange lesibili ngobukhulu eRussia. NgoLwesibili, undunankulu waseRussia uVladimir Putin ubambe iqhaza emcimbini wokuvula. Abanye abebebambe iqhaza kubalwa u-Alexey Kudrin, ungqongqoshe wezeziMali waseRussia, kanye no-Elvira Nabiullina, ungqongqoshe wezomnotho, kanye nabanye osomabhizinisi abaphezulu bamazwe ngamazwe kanye nosopolitiki.

Ngaphansi kwethenda yamazwe ngamazwe, idolobha lase-St. Petersburg - elingumnikazi wamanje kanye no-opharetha we-Pulkovo Airport - likhethe i-Northern Capital Gateway consortium njengombhidi okhethwayo ekupheleni kukaJuni 2009. Ozakwethu baseNorthern Capital Gateway yi-Fraport AG ene- Amaphesenti angu-35.5 amasheya, i-VTB Capital yaseRussia ngamaphesenti angu-57.7, kanye ne-Greece Copelouzos Group enamaphesenti angu-7.0 asele. Isivumelwano semvume sokuthuthukisa, ukwenziwa kwesimanjemanje, kanye nokusebenza kwesikhumulo sezindiza sasePulkovo kulindeleke ukuthi sisayinwe ekupheleni konyaka futhi sizosebenza iminyaka engama-30.

“Izingxoxo zenkontileka efanele ziqhubeka kahle, futhi nginethemba elikhulu lokuthi sizofinyelela isivumelwano esizozuzisa izwe lonke nedolobha laseSt. Petersburg nazo zonke izinhlangothi ezihilelekile,” kuchaza uDkt. Schulte ephetha.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

The concession agreement for developing, modernizing, and operating Pulkovo Airport is expected to be signed by the end of the year and will run for a 30-year period.
“The relevant contract negotiations are well underway, and I am very confident that we will reach a mutually-beneficial agreement with the city of St.
Petersburg knows that the operation of its airport will be in good hands and that it is ‘landing’.