Imizamo ye-Jamaica kanye ne-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia yokusiza ukubambisana nokutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha nakwezinye izindawo ezibalulekile isishaye igiya eliphezulu njengoba iJamaica izokwamukela ithimba layo elikhulu kunawo wonke lalabo abangaba abatshalizimali abavela eMpumalanga Ephakathi kuleli sonto. Lokhu kulandela izinyanga zezingxoxo eziqhutshwa ngu Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica Ungqongqoshe, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett kanye nozakwabo uNgqongqoshe Wezimboni, Utshalomali Nezohwebo, uSenator uMhlonishwa. Aubyn Hill.
Ngenkathi enikeza isibuyekezo ngohlelo, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett udalule ukuthi ngoLwesihlanu (Julayi 8), ithimba labadlali abangaphezu kuka-70 bezinkampani ezizimele kanye nezikhulu zikahulumeni ezivela eSaudi Arabia lizofika eJamaica, wengeza ngokuthi leli qembu lizobandakanya abatshalizimali ezindaweni ezahlukene njenge. "Logistics, ezolimo, ezokuvakasha kanye nezivakashi, ingqalasizinda kanye nezindawo ezithengiswayo."
UMnu. Bartlett wachaza ukuthi lokhu kuzoba:
“Iqembu elikhulu neliqine kunawo wonke labatshalizimali abake bafika eJamaica bevela eMiddle East.”
“Ujabulile ngamathemba okukwazi ukubakhombisa izindlela ezihlukene zokutshala imali” endaweni yezinkampani, iMontego Bay, nezinye izingxenye zesiqhingi.
Wakwembula futhi lokho I-Jamaica iyasebenza nethimba “lokusungula isikhungo sezimpahla zokuthenga” e-Jamaica, esizovumela izimpahla namasevisi adingekayo ukuze kuqhutshekwe ezokuvakasha kuso sonke isifunda ukuthi zikhiqizwe futhi zithunyelwe zisuka e-Jamaica.
Lokhu kuvakasha kulindeleke ukuthi kuhlinzeke, phakathi kokunye, ukutshalwa kwezimali okuqondile kwangaphandle (i-FDI) edingeka kakhulu ukusiza ukuthuthukisa umnotho wase-Jamaica. Ugcizelele ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali kuzobamba iqhaza elibalulekile ekubuyiseleni ezokuvakasha ngokuhlinzeka ngezimali ezidingekayo ukuze kwakhiwe futhi kuthuthukiswe amaphrojekthi abalulekile ekuthuthukisweni nasekukhuleni kwekhono lezokuvakasha.
UNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett uveze ukuthi ukuvakasha kwabatshalizimali “kulandela uchungechunge lwemihlangano engaba nayo noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Saudi Arabia, uMhlonishwa u-Ahmed Al Khateeb, ngesikhathi evakashele e-Jamaica ngoJuni odlule. Omunye owayekhona kulezo zingxoxo, nguzakwethu uNgqongqoshe u-Aubyn Hill.”
“Ukuvakasha kwethu eMpumalanga Ephakathi ngo-2021 nasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka kusivumele ukuthi sihlole amathuba e-FDI emkhakheni wethu wezokuvakasha kanye nokwakhela phezu kwezingxoxo ezaqalwa ngoJuni odlule noNgqongqoshe u-Al Khateeb,” wengeza.
Khonamanjalo, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uphinde waveza ukuthi uzosuka esiqhingini alibhekise eDominican Republic namuhla (Julayi 5) ukuze ahambele “ingqungquthela yokuqala ngqa yaseCaribbean Saudi Arabia.” UMnu. Bartlett uzohlangana, phakathi kwabanye, “nethimba elikhulu kunawo wonke labatshalizimali baseSaudi Arabia abake bavakashela eCaribbean.”
Le ngqungquthela izokwenza lula ukuxoxisana ngamathuba okutshalwa kwezimali e-Caribbean nakwezinye izindawo zokusebenzisana.
Lo mhlangano uza phakathi kwemizamo yokuphothula ukuqaliswa kohlaka lwezokuvakasha lwezindawo eziningi ukuze kukhuthazwe ukukhula kulo mkhakha. IMexico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Panama kanye neCuba kube ngabadlali ababalulekile ezingxoxweni.
Uma sesiqediwe lesi sivumelwano sizokwenza ukuthi kube nezinhlelo zokumaketha ezihlanganyelwe phakathi kwalawa mazwe, kanti futhi sinikeza izivakashi ithuba lokujabulela ukuzithokozisa kwezindawo eziningi ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwazo ngamanani ahehayo. UMnu. Bartlett uthe, “kuzoba wushintsho olukhulu kwezokuvakasha kanye nokuhlangana kwezomnotho esifundeni saseCaribbean.”
UNgqongqoshe uhlelelwe ukuthi abuyele e-Jamaica ngoLwesine Julayi 7, 2022.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- While providing an update on the initiative, Minister Bartlett disclosed that on Friday (July 8), a delegation of over 70 private sector players and government officials from Saudi Arabia will arrive in Jamaica, adding that the group will include investors in various areas such as “logistics, agriculture, tourism and hospitality, infrastructure and real estate.
- He revealed also that Jamaica is working with the delegation to “establish the supplies logistics center” in Jamaica, which will allow goods and services that are needed to drive tourism across the region to be produced by and exported from Jamaica.
- Minister Bartlett outlined that the visit by the investors “follows a series of meetings which I had with the Minister of Tourism for Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb, during his visit to Jamaica last June.
