KwiNtlanganiso yeeNkokeli zeZiqithi zePasifiki kwiZiqithi zikaCook, iNkulumbuso yaseOstreliya uAnthony Albanese wabhengeza ukuba urhulumente wakhe ukulungele ukunika ikhusi kubo bonke abemi baseTuvalu abachatshazelwa kukutshintsha kwemozulu.
Tuvalu lilizwe elincinci elenziwe ziziqithi ezisithoba ezisezantsi kuLwandlekazi lwePasifiki phakathi kweOstreliya neHawaii. Inommandla opheleleyo we-26 yeekhilomitha zeekhilomitha kunye nabemi be-11,426, kwaye ithathwa njengomngcipheko wokucwiliswa kwamanzi ngenxa yokunyuka kwamaqondo olwandle.
Ngokutsho INkqubo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yoPhuhliso (UNDP), isiqingatha sekomkhulu laseTuvalu, iFunafuti, kulindeleke ukuba sigutyungelwe zizikhukula zamanzi ngowama-2050.
Isivumelwano "somhlaba", esinikezelwe ngu-PM Albanese siya kuvumela bonke abahlali baseTuvalu ukuba bafudukele ngokusemthethweni eOstreliya.
Phantsi kwesivumelwano esisayinwe ngala mazwe omabini, iOstreliya yazibophelela ekuboneleleni ngoncedo eTuvalu “ekuphenduleni intlekele yendalo enkulu, ubhubhani wezempilo kunye nohlaselo lwasemkhosini,” kunye nokuseka “ukuzinikela okuzinikeleyo” kunikezelo lokuhlala ngokusisigxina kubantu baseTuvalu eOstreliya.
Umthamo wokuqala wokufuduka uya kumiselwa kubantu abangama-280 ngonyaka.
Ukuvuma ukuba utshintsho lwemozulu luhlala "lusongelo olukhulu kwimpilo, ukhuseleko kunye nentlalontle yabantu basePasifiki," iofisi yase-Albanese yathi i-Australia iya kwenza utyalo-mali olongezelelweyo "ukwakha ukomelela kwamaqabane ethu asePacific."
"I-Australia-Tuvalu Falepili union iya kuthathwa njengosuku olubalulekileyo apho i-Australia yavuma ukuba siyinxalenye yentsapho yasePacific," kusho u-Albanese.
Urhulumente wase-Australia uza kuzibophelela ubuncinci i-350 yezigidi zeerandi kwiziseko zemozulu kulo mmandla, kuquka i-75 yezigidi zeerandi ukulungiselela inkqubo yokuphuhlisa amandla avuselelekayo kwiindawo ezikude nezisemaphandleni.
Inkulumbuso u-Albanese wongeze ukuba i-Australia "ivulekile kwiindlela ezivela kwamanye amazwe malunga nendlela esinokuphucula ngayo intsebenziswano yethu" nezizwe zasePasifiki.
