Isikhephe sabakhenkethi sigqibe uhambo lwaso lokuqala ukusuka kwizibuko laseNyakatho Korea iRajin ukuya kwisixeko saseRussia iVladivostok. Ukuvulwa kwale ndlela kuphawula umzamo wePyongyang wokuphuhlisa ubudlelwane borhwebo kunye nokhenketho kunye neRussia phakathi koxinzelelo olukhulayo kwi-peninsula yaseKorea.
Abameli beenkampani zezokhenketho zaseTshayina naseRashiya babekhwele isikhephe esafika eVladivostok ngoLwesine, ingxelo yeRIA Novosti, ikhankanya umqhubi wendlela. Abakhenkethi bokuqala kunxibelelwano lwabakhweli bokuqala phakathi kwala mazwe mabini kulindeleke kwiveki ezayo, yongeza.
Ukuphehlelelwa kwendlela kumiselwe “ukuba negalelo kuphuhliso lokhenketho lwengingqi kunye norhwebo lwamazwe amabini,” ummeli-jikelele waseRussia kwisixeko saseChongjin, uYuriy Bochkarev, uxelele iarhente yeendaba ye-TASS.
Isikhitshane esihamba abantu siya kuthabatha uhambo kane ngenyanga. Isikhephe saseMangyongbong kuthiwa sithwala ukuya kuthi ga kwi-200 abakhweli kunye ne-1,500 yeetoni zomthwalo, ngokwe-TASS.
Nabani na ozimisele ukuqalisa i-Rajin-Vladivostok cruise kuya kufuneka ahlawule i-$ 87- $ 101, kuxhomekeke kwiklasi ye-cabin. Inkampani yaseRussia, esebenza eMangyongbong, ibonelela ngevenkile yokutyela, iibhari ezimbalwa, oomatshini bokungcakaza, iivenkile kunye nesauna.
"Ukusebenza kukaMangyongbong njengenqanawa yabakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe eRajin-Vladivostok kuya kuba negalelo elihle ekuphuhliseni izithuthi zaselwandle kunye nentsebenziswano yezoqoqosho kunye nokhenketho phakathi kwala mazwe mabini," iReuters icaphule i-arhente yeendaba yaseNorth Korea yase-KCNA.
IMangyongbong yayiqhele ukuhamba phakathi koMntla kunye neJapan ngaphambi kokuba iJapan ivale zonke iinqanawa zaseNorth Korea kumanzi aseJapan kulandela uvavanyo lwemijukujelwa lukaPyongyang ngo-2006.
Ukulandela enye yezinto zamva nje zokwenziwa komjukujelwa nguPyongyang ngoMgqibelo, iBhunga lezoKhuseleko leZizwe eziManyeneyo latyityimbisel’ umnwe iNorth Korea ngoluhlu olutsha lwezohlwayo, liyibongoza ukuba liwuyeke umsebenzi walo wenyukliya kunye ne-ballistic. Inkokeli entsha yaseMzantsi Korea, uMoon Jae-in, naye ugxeke uvavanyo lwamva nje lwaseNyakatho Korea, esithi kukho “ithuba elikhulu” lokungquzulana komkhosi phakathi kwamazwe.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The route's launch is slated to “contribute to the development of regional tourism and bilateral trade,” the Russian consul general in the city of Chongjin, Yuriy Bochkarev, told TASS news agency.
- “Mangyongbong's operation as the Rajin-Vladivostok international tourist liner will make a positive contribution to developing marine transport and economic cooperation and tourism between the two countries,” Reuters cited the North Korean KCNA news agency.
- Following one of Pyongyang's latest missile launches on Saturday, the UN Security Council threatened North Korea with a new raft of sanctions, urging it to suspend its nuclear and ballistic missile activity.
