UNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett udalule lokhu kulandela iNgqungquthela yakamuva ye-CARICOM-Saudi Arabia e-Riyadh, lapho abambe khona indima ebalulekile ekuholeni izingxoxo mayelana nokwakhiwa kokuqina nokusimama.
Ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha ube yingxenye yethimba eliholwa nguNdunankulu, uMhlonishwa. Andrew Holness, obambe iqhaza engqungqutheleni kanye nezinhloko zikahulumeni eziyi-14 zaseCaribbean. Ezinsukwini ezintathu, abaholi besifunda bahlanganyele ezingxoxweni ezisezingeni eliphakeme neNkosana Yomqhele waseSaudi, Ubukhosi Bakhe uMohammed Bin Salman Al Saud, ongqongqoshe bakhe bekhabhinethi, kanye nababambiqhaza bemboni ezimele. Umcimbi uphawule intuthuko ebalulekile endaweni yezepolitiki, esungula imibono emisha ngokutshalwa kwezimali nezokuvakasha.
Kwaphawulwa ukuthi le ngqungquthela ilandela ukuvakasha kokuqala kukaMhlonishwa u-Ahmed Al Khateeb, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha e-Saudi Arabia, Jamaica ngo-2021, ngesimemo sikaNgqongqoshe uBartlett. UMnu. Bartlett uphinde wavakashela e-Saudia Arabia ukuze aqhubeke nezingxoxo noNgqongqoshe u-Al Khateeb nabanye ababambiqhaza emzamweni wokwakha ubudlelwano obuqinile kwezokuvakasha phakathi kwamazwe womabili kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali kukaphethiloli.
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett uthe: “Le ngqungquthela iwubufakazi bamandla ezokuvakasha njengethuluzi lokutshalwa kwezimali okuhlobene nezokuvakasha kuphela kodwa nelokuthula nokuxoxisana. Ihlanganisa izizwe ezinezizinda ezihlukahlukene zamasiko nezenkolo, ezihlanganiswe umbono ofanayo nokuzimisela okungantengantengi ukuthuthukisa ukuphila kwezakhamuzi zazo.”
Phakathi nengqungquthela, iNkosana yaseSaudi Crown, engumboni weSaudi Vision 2030, ikhulume nongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha, ochwepheshe bezimboni nabaholi. Ubalule iqhinga loBukhosi okuhloswe ngalo ukunciphisa ukuthembela koMbuso kumafutha, nokubeka ezokuvakasha phambili. Ukusingatha I-EXPO 2030 Yomhlaba e-Riyadh kuyisifiso esibalulekile, futhi ukusekelwa okuvela ezizweni zase-Caribbean kubalulekile.
Imihlangano eseceleni kwengqungquthela yabona abaholi baseCaribbean bexoxisana nezinkampani ezizimele ukuze bahlole amathuba okutshalwa kwezimali. UNgqongqoshe u-Al-Khateeb ugcizelele ukuzibophezela koMbuso oguqukweni oluhle noluqhubekayo. Waphawula:
“UMbuso, uqondiswa ubuholi bawo obuhlakaniphile, uyakwazi ukufeza ukuchuma nentuthuko emhlabeni wonke ngokusebenzisana kwamazwe ngamazwe.”
Ecabanga ngamathuba okukhula avulwe ngenxa yale ngqungquthela, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett wanezela: “Umhlangano phakathi kwabaholi baseCaribbean nezinkampani ezizimele zaseSaudi Arabia uveze amathuba athembisayo. Umkhakha ozimele woMbuso othuthukayo uhlose ukuqhuba izinguquko ezisimeme, uqinisekisa ukuchuma nentuthuko hhayi nje kumabhizinisi endawo kodwa nawamazwe ngamazwe. Umbono womhlaba wonke weSaudi Arabia uwenza abe nguzakwethu wamasu ofanele kwabancane island asathuthuka amazwe kanye nabalingani bezokuvakasha eCaribbean.”
KUBONWE ESITHOMBE: Isikhulu Esiphezulu (CEO) seSaudi Fund for Development (SFD), uSultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad (wesibili kwesobunxele), uyamamatheka njengoba exhawulana noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle Nohwebo Lwangaphandle, uMhlonishwa. U-Kamina Johnson Smith phambi kukaNdunankulu, uMhlonishwa Kakhulu. Andrew Holness (wesithathu kwesokudla) kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett (owesithathu kwesobunxele) ngemva kokuba bobabili ohulumeni basayine imemorandamu yokuqonda yohlaka lwentuthuko (i-MoU) eceleni kweNgqungquthela ye-CARICOM-Saudi Arabia e-Riyadh ngoLwesine, Novemba 2, 3.
