IDemocratic Republic of the Congo ijoyina i-East African Community

I-Democratic Republic of the Congo (i-DRC) ijoyine ngokusemthethweni Umphakathi WaseMpumalanga Afrika (EAC) mhla zingama-29 kuNdasa wezi-2022, yaba uMbuso Wawo wesi-7 Wozakwethu.

Isimemezelo sabezindaba esikhishwe uSimon Peter Owaka, Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sezobudlelwano Nomphakathi Umnyango Wezokuxhumana Nezindaba Zomphakathi, Unobhala We-EAC, e-Arusha, eTanzania uthi iNgqungquthela Yabaholi Bezizwe be-EAC eNgqungqutheleni yabo Ye-19 Ejwayelekile ebingoLwesibili, Mashi 29, 2022 yavuma i-DRC. kulandela izincomo zoMkhandlu Wongqongqoshe.

USihlalo weNgqungquthela, u-HE Uhuru Kenyatta, ophinde abe nguMongameli waseKenya, wazise umhlangano ukuthi i-DRC ihlangabezane nazo zonke izindlela ezibekiwe zokwamukelwa njengoba kubekiwe kuSivumelwano sokusungulwa kwe-EAC.

"Siphothule izinqubo zesifunda zokwamukela amalungu amasha njengoba kubekiwe emithethweni yethu yenqubo," kusho uMongameli Kenyatta. "Ukungenisa i-DRC ku-EAC kuwumlando eMphakathini wethu nasezwenikazi lase-Afrika wonkana. Kukhombisa ukushesha koMphakathi ukunwebeka ngale kwemingcele yawo yezenhlalo namasiko uye kubantu abasha kanye nokubambisana okugxile kwezohwebo nokusebenzisana, ngaleyo ndlela kwandise amathuba ohwebo nokutshalwa kwezimali ezakhamuzini,” wengeza.

UMongameli Kenyatta uthe ubheke ngabomvu ukuthi i-DRC isayine iSivumelwano Sokungenela ngaphambi kosuku olushiwo lwango-Ephreli 14, 2022.

Le Ngqungquthela yenze isinqumo sokuthi i-DRC ingene I-East African Community (EAC) ngemva kokwamukela umbiko woMkhandlu Wongqongqoshe owawuphakamise okufanayo.

Emukela ukwamukelwa kwezwe lakhe ku-EAC, uMengameli wase-DRC, uFelix Tshishekedi, ukubize njengosuku lomlando we-DRC, wathi luvula indlela yokuvumelana kwemigomo yezwe neye-EAC.

UMongameli u-Tshishekedi uthe i-DRC ibheke ngabomvu ukwandisa ukuhwebelana kwe-Intra-EAC kanye nokunciphisa ukungezwani phakathi kwamazwe Asebenzisana Ne-EAC.

“Kuyisifiso se-DRC ukubona kwakhiwa uhlaka olusha ku-EAC olugxile kuphela kwezezimayini, izinsiza zemvelo namandla oluzozinza eKinshasa, eDemocratic Republic of Congo,” usho kanje.

Emazwini akhe, uMongameli wase-Uganda, uMhlonishwa. UYoweri Museveni uthe ukujoyina i-DRC koMphakathi kuwumcimbi obaluleke kakhulu, wengeza ngokuthi uselinde yena iminyaka engu-60 ukuthi i-DRC iphinde ixhumane ne-EAC.

“I-DRC inokuxhumana okuqinile komlando, kwezenhlalo namasiko ne-EAC Partner States. Kungumsebenzi we-EAC manje ukusebenzela ukubuyisela ukuthula nokuzinza eMpumalanga ye-DRC, umsebenzi esingawufinyelela ngokusebenzisana,” wengeza.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMongameli UPaul Kagame waseRwanda uncome uMkhandlu Wongqongqoshe be-EAC kanye neNgqungquthela ngokusheshisa ukungena kwe-DRC ku-EAC.

“Ngicela i-EAC Organs and Institutions ukuthi isheshise ukuhlanganisa i-DRC eMphakathini. I-Rwanda izimisele ukweseka lolu hlelo,” kusho yena.

Ekhuluma kulo mcimbi, uMengameli waseTanzania u-HE Samia Suluhu Hassan uphawule ukuthi i-DRC inobudlelwano obude ne-EAC. UMongameli Samia uzwakalise ithemba lokuthi i-DRC izosamukela iSivumelwano Sokungenela ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuhlanganiswa okuphelele kwabantu bakhe ku-bloc futhi waqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kweTanzania ohlelweni lokudidiyela eMpumalanga Afrika.

Egameni likaMengameli waseBurundi u-HE Evariste Ndayishimiye, iPhini likaMengameli u-Prosper Bazombanza uncome uMengameli wase-DRC uFelix Tshishekedi ngokungenisa izwe lakhe eMphakathini. “Amaphrojekthi nezinhlelo ze-EAC zibalulekile futhi ukuqaliswa kwazo kubalulekile ohlelweni lokuhlanganisa. Njengoba sibheke eNhlanganweni Yezombangazwe, sidinga ukuqinisa imizamo yethu yokuvikela imingcele yethu ebushokobezini, ebugebengwini kanye nobunye ubugebengu bamazwe ngamazwe, "kusho i-VP, njengoba iphinda igcizelela ukuzibophezela kweBurundi
ukufaka isandla ngendlela eyakhayo ekukhuthazeni ukuthula nokuzinza esifundeni.

Ekhulumela uMongameli waseNingizimu Sudan u-HE Salva Kiir Mayardit, uMhlonishwa. U-Barnaba Marial Benjamin, uNgqongqoshe Wezindaba zikaMongameli, ukushayele ihlombe ukungena kwe-DRC ku-EAC. UMhlonishwa. UBenjamin uthe izwe lakhe lisalele emuva ngamagalelo alo ku-EAC ngenxa yezingxabano ezithathe isikhathi eside ezweni kanye nobhubhane lweCovid-19. "UMongameli useyivulile indlela yawo wonke amagalelo asele eMphakathini," kusho uNgqongqoshe, nalapho encoma imizamo yokuqasha abantu baseNingizimu Sudan eziNhlanganweni nasezikhungweni ze-EAC.

Ekhuluma eNgqungqutheleni, uNobhala Jikelele we-EAC uMhlonishwa. (UDkt.) Peter Mathuki, uthe ukwamukelwa kwe-DRC ku-EAC kuza nokwenyuka kwe-GDP kanye nobukhulu bemakethe obunwetshiwe okwenza i-EAC ibe yikhaya labantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-300, okungaba wusizo kubantu be-EAC kanye ne-DRC ngokuhlinzeka ngemisebenzi. kanye namathuba okutshala izimali ahambisana nalokhu kuthuthukiswa okusha.

“I-EAC manje isuka olwandle i-Indian Ocean ize ifinyelele olwandle i-Atlantic Ocean okwenza lesi sifunda sibe nokuncintisana futhi sifinyelele kalula endaweni enkulu ye-African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA),” kusho uDkt. Mathuki.

“Ngezintela eziphansi ezimpahleni kanye nokususwa kwemikhawulo yokuhweba phakathi Kwamazwe Angozakwethu, silindele ukuthi izimpahla namasevisi kuzohamba ngokukhululeka. Njengoba kunemakethe enkulu, abakhiqizi ku-EAC, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bamabhizinisi amakhulu, amancane noma aphakathi, bazohlomula ngesilinganiso somnotho, okubenza baphumelele futhi baqhudelane, "wengeza.

UNobhala-Jikelele wamema iZimboni Ezizimele ukuthi zisebenzisane ngokubambisana nePublic Sector ukuze bathole izinzuzo zokungena kwesizwe sase-Afrika emaphakathi kule nhlangano. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uDkt. Mathuki uthe ukungena kwe-DRC kudinga futhi ukuhlanganisa ingqalasizinda yezohwebo ye-EAC, ukuxhumana phakathi kwe-intermodal, i-One Stop Border Posts (OSBPs), kanye nezinhlelo zohwebo ukuze kuncishiswe isikhathi nezindleko zohwebo, wengeza ngokuthi ukwenza ngcono ukuhwebelana kuzokwenza ukuthi kube nokuwela okusemthethweni nokungahlelekile. -ukuhwebelana emngceleni eduze kwamaphasishi ezokuthutha esifundeni.

Ngemva kokunyukela Esivumelwaneni sokusungula Umphakathi WaseMpumalanga Afrika kanye nokufakwa kwethuluzi lokwamukelwa kuNobhala-Jikelele, i-DRC izohlanganyela nokubambisana kwe-EAC kuyo yonke imikhakha, izinhlelo kanye nemisebenzi ethuthukisa izinsika ezine zokuHlanganiswa kwe-EAC.

Ukubambisana kulezi zindawo kuzosiza ukufeza izinjongo Zomphakathi njengoba zibekwe ku-Article 5 yeSivumelwano se-EAC.