UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kunye noQoqosho lwezoBuchule e-Indonesia u-Mari Elka Pangestu uthe ngoLwesithathu ukuba i-ASEAN ijolise ekunyuseni inani labakhenkethi baseIndiya abatyelela lo mmandla.
“Inani labakhenkethi baseIndiya abeza kule ngingqi liyenyuka unyaka nonyaka. Ukukhula kuye kwaphucuka, ”utshilo uMari ecaleni kweForam yezoKhenketho ye-ASEAN eManado, kuMntla weSulawesi.
“Abakhenkethi baseIndiya abafikayo kwingingqi ye-ASEAN bemi kwizigidi ezili-14 kulo nyaka uphelileyo. Le meko ibonise ukuphucuka [kwinani labakhenkethi abafikayo],” wongeze watsho ngaphandle kokucacisa ngakumbi.
Ukurhwebesha abakhenkethi abaninzi abavela eIndiya, umphathiswa uqhubeke, i-ASEAN iza kuvula iofisi yommeli eMumbai ukukhuthaza ukhenketho lommandla kubahlali baseIndiya.
Abaphathiswa bezokhenketho base-ASEAN baza kutyikitya iMemorandam yokuQonda (i-MoU) ngentsebenziswano yezokhenketho kunye nomphathiswa wezokhenketho waseIndiya ngoLwesine.
Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho eIndiya u-Subodh Kant Sahai uthe unethemba lokuba intsebenziswano iya konyusa inani labakhenkethi abaya eIndiya ukusuka kulo mmandla.
“Sinelifa, imbali kunye nokhenketho lwezenkolo – yonke into ikhona. Amazwe ase-ASEAN abelana ngeengcambu zenkcubeko kunye neIndiya ngandlela thile. [Intsebenziswano] yinto entle kakhulu,” utshilo uSahai.
UMari wathi unethemba lokuba intsebenziswano iya kwandisa inani labakhenkethi abasuka eIndiya baye eIndonesia.
“Inani labakhenkethi baseIndiya abeza kulo mmandla lisephantsi xa lithelekiswa nelinye lamazwe angoogxa bethu anjenge China okanye uMzantsi Korea,” utshilo, echaza ukungabikho kweendlela zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ezidibanisa la mazwe mabini njengenye yezizathu zokuthi inani liphantsi. Abakhenkethi baseIndiya abeza eIndonesia.
Ndiyathemba ukuba [umthuthi weflegi yesizwe] iGaruda Indonesia iza kuvula iindlela eziya eIndiya,” utshilo uMari.
Ngokwe-Central Statistics Agency, inani labakhenkethi baseIndiya abaza e-Indonesia lafikelela kwi-149,432 ngo-2011, linyuka lisuka kwi-137,027 ngo-2010.
