Ngokokuqala ngqa emlandweni, ungqongqoshe wakwa-Israel uhola ithimba I-Saudi Arabia futhi izobamba iqhaza kwiNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha Yezinsuku Ezimbili (UNWTO) umcimbi ozohanjelwa abaholi bezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.
Ukukhuthaza izingxoxo zokuthula phakathi kwe-Israel ne-Saudi Arabia, i-United States kanye nalabo abakhona banethemba lokuthi umphumela wokugcina walokhu kuhlangana kuzoba ukuqonda, ukuthula, futhi ekugcineni ithuba lokuhamba kuqale phakathi kwamazwe amabili.
UNgqongqoshe uKatz uqokwe okokuqala esikhundleni esisemthethweni kwi-World Tourism Organisation futhi njengamanje uhola ithimba elengamele nesithunywa esivela eSpain, UNWTOizinhlelo zezokuvakasha zomhlaba jikelele.
UNgqongqoshe uzobe ebambe iqhaza emicimbini nasezingxoxweni eziningana kanye nemihlangano nabanye ongqongqoshe abavela emhlabeni wonke kanye nabaholi ababalulekile baseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
UNgqongqoshe uKatz uthe:
"Ezokuvakasha ziyibhuloho phakathi kwezizwe."
“Ukubambisana ezindabeni zezokuvakasha kunamandla okuhlanganisa izinhliziyo nokuchuma kwezomnotho. Ngizosebenzela ukwakha ukusebenzisana ukukhuthaza ezokuvakasha kanye nobudlelwano bakwa-Israel namazwe angaphandle.”
UKhomishani WaseNyakatho Melika Womnyango Wezokuvakasha Wakwa-Israel, u-Eyal Carlin, wathi: “Iminyaka embalwa edlule iye yaba nenguquko ohambweni oluya kwa-Israel naseMpumalanga Ephakathi, ngokwethulwa kweSivumelwano sika-Abraham, esivumela imizila yendiza eyengeziwe kanye nenhlanganisela yohambo lokuya. itholakale kubahambi baseMelika. Kukhona iziza zasendulo, izakhiwo ezivelele, izimakethe eziphithizelayo kanye nokudla okumnandi. Sijabule ngamathuba ezokuvakasha lobu budlelwano obungawaletha kuwo womabili amazwe ethu.”
Usuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha lugujwa minyaka yonke mhla zingama-27 kuMandulo futhi luphawula usuku lweMithetho yeNhlangano esiyisayinile eyaba yiNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha. Kulo nyaka unyaka wakhe wama-43 kwasayinwa lokho okubalulekile ngo-1980.
