WASHINGTON, DC – I-Arhente yase-US yoPhuhliso lwaMazwe ngaMazwe (i-USAID) kunye nogxa wayo waseGrisi, i-Hellenic Aid, basebenza kunye ukuvuselela uqoqosho kuMzantsi-mpuma weYurophu ngokhenketho. Ezi arhente zimbini zivumile ukudibanisa izibonelelo zazo ukuze ziphucule amashishini, iimveliso kunye neenkonzo ezilungiselela abatyeleli, kunye neziseko zoncedo zokuxhasa uqoqosho olukhulayo, olufana neenkqubo zamandla kunye nogutyulo. Ubambiswano luya kukhuthaza utyalo-mali lwamashishini aseMelika kunye neGrisi kulo mmandla.
I-USAID kunye ne-Hellenic Aid zisebenzisana neenkampani ezili-15 kunye namagumbi orhwebo asekuhlaleni kunye nemibutho engekho phantsi kukarhulumente ukusebenzisa inkxaso yobugcisa kunye nobuchule obufunekayo ukuze kuvuselelwe urhwebo lwabakhenkethi. Iingcali zase-US kunye neGrike kuyo yonke into ukusuka kulwakhiwo lwegridi yamandla ukuya kwimfundo yokusingqongileyo ukuya kubugcisa, isikhumbuzo, ububele kunye namashishini ezolimo aya kuqeshwa.
Esi sicwangciso sixhomekeke ekukhuthazeni ishishini lokhenketho elikhulayo ukuze livelise imisebenzi ngokuvula iindawo ezininzi zoluntu lwale ngingqi, imitsalane yenkcubeko neyendalo kwiimarike zengingqi nezehlabathi. Ithembele kakhulu ekudaleni inkuthazo ukutsala imizila yokuhamba ngenqanawa, iihotele, iindawo zokutyela, abanini bendawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide kunye namanye amacandelo oshishino lwabakhenkethi ukujoyina ubuhlakani, ngoku obugxile kwi-Albania kunye nommandla osemantla weMontenegro.
“Lo mmandla uneelwandle ezibukekayo kunye nengaphakathi elihle elimangalisayo elinemiwonyo yokukhwela irafti kunye neentaba zokhenketho lwendalo,” utshilo uThomas Mefford, usekela-mlawuli oncedisayo we-USAID eYurophu nase-Eurasia othe wathethathethana namaGrike ukwenza ubambiswano. “AmaGrike anomdla wokuphuhlisa amazwe aseBalkan. Yindlu yabo engasemva.”
"I-USAID okwangoku ixoxisana norhulumente wase-Italiya ukuba ajoyine i-American-Greek alliance kwi-Balkan ukuze ekugqibeleni isasaze ukhenketho kulo lonke ummandla we-Adriatic," kusho uMefford.
Abantu baseMelika, ngokusebenzisa i-Arhente yaseMelika yoPhuhliso lwaMazwe ngaMazwe, babonelele ngoncedo kwezoqoqosho nakwezoluntu kwihlabathi liphela kangangeminyaka engama-50.
