BEIRUT – UNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha uFaddi Abboud ngoLwesibili uthe ulindele ukuthi isibalo sabavakashi abavakashela eLebanon sifinyelele ezigidini ezimbili ekupheleni kuka-2009. yamukelwa uhulumeni.
ILebanon ibone inani elirekhodiwe lezivakashi zaseLebanon, Arab kanye naseYurophu kuleli hlobo, naphezu kokuwohloka komnotho okuhlabayo okuhlasele i-EU kanye nezifundazwe ezimbalwa ezicebe ngowoyela eGulf.
Ezokuvakasha zimelela ingxenye enkulu ye-GDP yezwe.
U-Abboud, ongusozimboni ngokwenza, ukholelwa ukuthi izivakashi zingahehwa ukuthi zivakashele leli lizwe izinsuku ezingama-365 ngonyaka ngo-2010 uma kwamukelwa uhlelo olufanele nolunobufakazi obugcwele lokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha.
"Izivakashi zama-Arab manje sezimele amaphesenti angama-50 ezivakashi ezivakashele eLebanon futhi seziphenduke umfutho omkhulu embonini yezokuvakasha lapha," kusho u-Abboud.
Wengeze ngokuthi izivakashi eziningi sezifikile ngenyanga kaZibandlela futhi zihlose ukuyochitha usuku olwandulela uKhisimusi noNcibijane eBeirut nasezintabeni.
Wengeze ngokuthi abantu baseYurophu manje bamele amaphesenti angu-21 yenani eliphelele lezivakashi ezivakashela eLebanon futhi lokhu kuyinani elibalulekile.
U-Abboud uphinde waveza ukwenyuka okukhulu kwenani labavakashi abavela eMpumalanga Ekude, ikakhulukazi abavela eChina.
Ungqongqoshe uthe izivakashi eziningi ezisezingeni eliphakathi ezivela eYurophu nase-Asia ziye zahambela amakhonsathi omculo eLebanon ngesikhathi sasehlobo.
