I-Democratic Republic of the Congo ijoyina uLuntu lwaseMpuma Afrika

I-Democratic Republic of the Congo (i-DRC) izimanye ngokusesikweni noMbutho woLuntu we-Afrika eseMpuma (i-EAC) ngomhla wama-29 kweyoKwindla ngowama-2022, yaba liLizwe lawo lesi-7 elinguMahlulelane.

Ushicilelo olukhutshwe nguSimon Peter Owaka, iGosa eliPhezulu loNxibelelwano loLuntu kunye neSebe lezoNxibelelwano kunye neSebe leMicimbi yoLuntu, i-EAC Secretariat, e-Arusha, eTanzania ithi iNgqungquthela yeeNtloko zamazwe e-EAC kwiNgqungquthela yabo ye-19 yesiqhelo eyayibanjwe ngoLwesibini, ngo-Matshi 29, 2022 yavuma i-DRC. kulandela iingcebiso zeBhunga laBaphathiswa.

USihlalo weNgqungquthela, u-HE Uhuru Kenyatta, okwanguMongameli waseKenya, uxelele intlanganiso ukuba i-DRC ihlangabezane nazo zonke iindlela ezimiselweyo zokwamkelwa njengoko kuchaziwe kwiSivumelwano sokusekwa kwe-EAC.

“Siziqukumbele iinkqubo zengingqi zokwamkela amalungu amatsha njengoko kuchaziwe kwimithetho yethu yenkqubo,” utshilo uMongameli Kenyatta. “Ukwamkela i-DRC kwi-EAC yimbali kuLuntu lwethu nakwilizwekazi lase-Afrika ngokubanzi. Ibonisa ubuchule boLuntu ukwandisa ngaphaya kwemida yentlalo-nkcubeko ukuya kubantu abatsha kunye nentsebenziswano egxile kurhwebo kunye nentsebenziswano, ngaloo ndlela ukwandisa amathuba orhwebo kunye notyalo-mali kubemi, "wongezelela.

UMongameli Kenyatta uthe ujonge phambili ekutyikityeni i-DRC iSivumelwano sokuFikelela ngaphambi komhla obekiweyo we-14 ka-Epreli ka-2022.

INgqungquthela yenze isigqibo sokwamkela i-DRC Uluntu lwaseMpuma Afrika (EAC) emva kokwamkelwa kwengxelo yeBhunga laBaphathiswa elicebise kwangokunjalo.

Esamkela ukwamkelwa kwelizwe lakhe kwi-EAC, uMongameli wase-DRC uFelix Tshishekedi ulubize lusuku lwembali e-DRC, esithi luvula indlela yokuvisisaniswa kwemigaqo-nkqubo yelizwe kunye naleyo ye-EAC.

UMongameli uTshishekedi uthe i-DRC ijonge phambili ekwandiseni urhwebo lwe-Intra-EAC kunye nokunciphisa ukungavisisani phakathi kwaMazwe angamahlakani e-EAC.

“Ngumnqweno we-DRC ukubona ukusekwa kwequmrhu elitsha kwi-EAC eligxile kuphela kwimigodi, izibonelelo zendalo namandla eliza kuzinzelwa eKinshasa, eDemocratic Republic of Congo,” utshilo.

Kumazwi akhe, uMongameli waseUganda, oHloniphekileyo. UYoweri Museveni uthe ukujoyina i-DRC ngumsitho obaluleke kakhulu, watsho esithi ebelinde iminyaka engama-60 ukuba i-DRC iphinde iqhagamshelane ne-EAC.

“I-DRC inamakhonkco aqinileyo embali, ezentlalo nenkcubeko kunye namazwe angamahlakani e-EAC. Kuluxanduva lwe-EAC ukusebenza ngoku ukubuyisela uxolo nozinzo eMpuma DRC, into esinokuyiphumeza ngokusebenzisana,” wongeze watsho.

Kwelakhe icala, uMongameli Paul Kagame yaseRwanda iqhwabele izandla iBhunga labaPhathiswa be-EAC kunye neNgqungquthela ngokukhawulezisa ukungena kwe-DRC kwi-EAC.

“Ndihlaba ikhwelo kumaZiko kunye namaZiko e-EAC ukuba akhawulezise ukudityaniswa kwe-DRC kuluntu. I-Rwanda izimisele ukuxhasa inkqubo, ”utshilo.

Ethetha kulo msitho, uMongameli waseTanzania u-HE Samia Suluhu Hassan uphawule ukuba i-DRC inobudlelwane obude bembali kunye ne-EAC. UMongameli Samia uvakalise ithemba lokuba i-DRC iza kusamkela iSivumelwano sokuFikelela ukuqinisekisa ukudityaniswa okupheleleyo kwabantu bakhe kwi-bloc yaze yaqinisekisa ukuzinikela kweTanzania kwinkqubo yomanyano eMpuma Afrika.

Egameni likaMongameli waseBurundi u-HE Evariste Ndayishimiye, uSekela Mongameli u-Prosper Bazombanza uncome uMongameli wase-DRC uFelix Tshishishekedi ngokwamkelwa kwelizwe lakhe kuluntu. “Iiprojekthi neenkqubo ze-EAC zibalulekile kwaye ukuphunyezwa kwazo kubalulekile kwinkqubo yokumanyanisa. Njengoko sisiya kuMbutho wezoPolitiko, kufuneka someleze iinzame zethu zokukhusela imida yethu ngokuchasene nobunqolobi, ubuqhetseba kunye nolunye ulwaphulo-mthetho lwelizwe lonke, "utshilo u-VP, njengoko ephinda ukuzinikela kweBurundi.
igalelo elakhayo ekukhuthazeni uxolo nozinzo kulo mmandla.

Ethetha egameni likaMongameli waseMzantsi Sudan u-HE Salva Kiir Mayardit, oHloniphekileyo. U-Barnaba Marial Benjamin, uMphathiswa weMicimbi kaMongameli, uncome ukungena kwe-DRC kwi-EAC. Obekekileyo. UBenjamin uthe ilizwe lakhe lisalele ngasemva kwigalelo lalo kwi-EAC ngenxa yemfazwe yexesha elide elizweni kunye nobhubhani we-Covid-19. "UMongameli uye wayivula indlela yawo onke amagalelo abalaseleyo kuLuntu," watsho uMphathiswa, nanjengoko wayencoma iinzame zokuqesha abemi baseMzantsi Sudan kumaZiko kunye namaZiko e-EAC.

Esenza intetho kule Ngqungquthela, uNobhala Jikelele we-EAC u-Hon. (uGqr.) Peter Mathuki, uthe ukwamkelwa kwe-DRC kwi-EAC kuza ne-GDP eyandisiweyo kunye nobukhulu bemakethi eyandisiweyo okwenza i-EAC ibe likhaya kubantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-300, okuya kuba yinzuzo ngokufanayo kubantu be-EAC kunye ne-DRC ngokubonelela ngemisebenzi. kunye namathuba otyalo-mali ahamba nolu phuhliso lutsha.

“I-EAC ngoku isuka kuLwandlekazi i-Indian ukuya kuLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki isenza lo mmandla ube nokhuphiswano kwaye kube lula ukufikelela kuMmandla omkhulu we-Afrika woRhwebo oluKhululwa kwiLizwekazi lase-Afrika (AfCFTA),” utshilo uGqr. Mathuki.

“Ngemirhumo ephantsi yempahla kunye nokususwa kwezithintelo zorhwebo phakathi kwaMazwe angamaHlanganisi, silindele ukuba iimpahla kunye neenkonzo ziya kuhamba ngokukhululekileyo. Ngemakethi enkulu, abavelisi kwi-EAC, nokuba ngabakhulu, abancinci okanye amashishini aphakathi, baya kuxhamla kuqoqosho lwenqanaba, bebenza basebenze ngokufanelekileyo kwaye bakhuphisane, ”wongeze watsho.

UNobhala Jikelele wamema iCandelo laBucala ukuba lisebenze ngokusondeleleneyo neCandelo loLuntu ukuze lifumane inzuzo yokungena kwesizwe esisembindini we-Afrika kule mbumba. Ngaphezu koko, uGqr. Mathuki uthe ukungena kwe-DRC kukwafuna ukudibanisa iziseko zorhwebo ze-EAC, uqhagamshelo lwe-intermodal, i-One-Stop Border Posts (OSBPs), kunye neenkqubo zorhwebo ukunciphisa ixesha kunye neendleko zorhwebo, wongeza ukuba ukuphucula ukuququzelelwa kwezorhwebo kuya kwenza ukuwela ngokusesikweni kunye nokungekho sikweni. -urhwebo lwemida ecaleni kwepaseji zezothutho zommandla.

Ekunyukeni kwakhe kwiSivumelwano sokuseka uLuntu lwaseMpuma Afrika kunye nokufakwa kwesixhobo sokwamkelwa noNobhala-Jikelele, i-DRC iza kujoyina intsebenziswano ye-EAC kuwo onke amacandelo, iinkqubo kunye nemisebenzi ekhuthaza iintsika ezine zoManyano lwe-EAC.

Ukusebenzisana kwezi nkalo kuya kunceda ukufezekisa iinjongo zoLuntu njengoko zichazwe kwiSiqendu sesi-5 seSivumelwano se-EAC.