I-Seychelles ibhiyozele isikhumbuzo soSuku lweNkululeko nge-29 kaJuni. Esi yayisisikhumbuzo sokubuya kweziqithi zayo ezithathu iAldabra, Farquhar, kunye neDesroches, ezathi zafuduswa zisuka eSeychelles ngoNovemba 1965 zaya kuba yinxalenye yeBritish Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). Kwale veki inye kaJuni ka-2018, kwavakala iindaba ezivela eIndiya zokuba iSeychelles ngoku inokuphulukana neSiqithi i-Assumption, kwinto ebizwa ngokuba “yiphulo laseIndiya lokuzuza iqhinga kuMmandla woLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya”.
Umongameli waseSeychelles uDanny Faure wayekutyelelo olusemthethweni lweentsuku ezintandathu eIndiya kwaye esuka eNew Delhi ngoJuni 25. Kwanikelwa ingxelo yokuba:- “I-Indiya kunye neSeychelles namhlanje zivumelene ukusebenzisana kwiprojekthi yokuphuhlisa isiseko somkhosi wasemanzini kwi-Assumption Island yokugcina. iinkxalabo zomnye nomnye engqondweni emva kweengxoxo phakathi kweNkulumbuso uNarendra Modi kunye noMongameli uDanny Faure. I-Indiya ikwabhengeze i-USD yezigidi ezili-100 zetyala kwi-Seychelles yokwandisa amandla ayo okuzikhusela. "Ngeli tyala, iSeychelles iya kuba nakho ukuthenga izixhobo zokukhusela ukukhulisa amandla elwandle," iNkulumbuso uModi utshilo kwingxelo yakhe yeendaba kunye noFaure. Kwiprojekthi yokuphuhlisa indawo yomkhosi waselwandle esiqithini, eya kunika iIndiya ithuba lobuchule kuMmandla woLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uModi uthe, "Sivumelene ukusebenzisana kwiprojekthi yeSiqithi se-Assumption ngokusekwe kumalungelo omnye nomnye." UFaure, kumazwi akhe, uthe iprojekthi ye-Assumption Island yaxoxwa kwaye la mazwe mabini asebenzisana ngokulinganayo ukuze asebenze kunye ethwele umdla omnye komnye”.
Ezi zibhengezo zichasene nayo yonke into eyayiqinisekisiwe yiSeychelles. Isiseko somkhosi waseIndiya sithathwe siswelekile emva kweNkomfa yeendaba yokugqibela eyayichotshelwe nguMongameli uDanny Faure. INdlu yoWiso-mthetho yeSiqithi iye yaqinisekisa kwicala layo ukuba esi sivumelwano sicetywayo asizukwamkelwa kwiNdlu yoWiso-mthetho. I-Seychelles yaxelelwa ukuba iinkxalabo zayo malunga nokusondela kweSiqithi se-Assumption kwi-UNESCO World Heritage Site yase-Aldabra yayiphawulwe, kwaye inkcaso yesiseko soMkhosi wase-Indiya ephakanyiswe yiSeychellois yayivakele. Undwendwelo lukaMongameli uDanny Faure eIndiya luchaphazele enye i-Seychellois ethanda uxolo ngomcimbi weSiqithi se-Assumption, njengoko i-India ifuna inzuzo yobuchule kuMmandla woLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya.
Ngoku ngabantu baseSeychelles xa bebonke abaya kufuneka basebenze njengenye ukuze basindise isiqithi sabo se-Assumption kunye neNdawo yabo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO ye-Aldabra.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Kwiprojekthi yokuphuhlisa indawo yomkhosi waselwandle esiqithini, eya kunika iIndiya ithuba lobuchule kuMmandla woLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uModi uthe, "Sivumile ukusebenzisana kwiprojekthi yeSiqithi se-Assumption ngokusekwe kumalungelo omnye nomnye.
- - "I-India kunye neSeychelles namhlanje zivumile ukusebenzisana kwiprojekthi yokuphuhlisa isiseko somkhosi waselwandle kwi-Assumption Island ukugcina iinkxalabo zomnye nomnye engqondweni emva kweengxoxo phakathi kweNkulumbuso uNarendra Modi kunye noMongameli uDanny Faure.
- Seychelles was told that its concerns about the closeness of Assumption Island to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aldabra had been noted, and the objection for an Indian Military base raised by the Seychellois had been heard.