UMphathiswa uBartlett wenze oku kubhengezwa emva kweNgqungquthela ye-CARICOM-Saudi Arabia yakutshanje e-Riyadh, apho wadlala indima ebalulekileyo ekukhokeleni iingxoxo malunga nokwakhiwa kokuqina kunye nokuzinza.
Umphathiswa wezokhenketho wenze inxalenye yegqiza elikhokelwe yiNkulumbuso, Oyena Obekekileyo. Andrew Holness, othathe inxaxheba kule ngqungquthela kunye neentloko zoorhulumente ezili-14 ezivela kwiCaribbean. Ngaphezulu kweentsuku ezintathu, iinkokeli zengingqi zibambe iingxoxo ezikwinqanaba eliphezulu kunye neNkosana yaseSaudi Crown, uBukhosi bakhe obuPhezulu uMohammed Bin Salman Al Saud, abaphathiswa bakhe bekhabhinethi, kunye nabachaphazelekayo kwicandelo labucala. Lo msitho uphawule uphuhliso olubalulekileyo kwi-geopolitical arena, kusenziwa iimbono ezintsha kutyalo-mali nakukhenketho.
Kwaphawulwa ukuba le ngqungquthela ilandela utyelelo lokuqala luka-Ahmed Al Khateeb, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eSaudi Arabia, Jameyikha ngo-2021, ngokumenywa nguMphathiswa uBartlett. UMnu Bartlett uye watyelela iSaudia Arabia ukuqhubeka neengxoxo kunye noMphathiswa u-Al Khateeb kunye nabanye abachaphazelekayo kwilinge lokwakha intsebenziswano eqinile yokhenketho phakathi kwamazwe omabini kunye notyalo-mali lwamafutha.
UMphathiswa uBartlett uthe: “Le ngqungquthela ibubungqina bamandla okhenketho njengesixhobo sotyalo-mali olunxulumene nokhenketho kuphela kodwa soxolo nozakuzo. Ihlanganisa amazwe aneemvelaphi ezahlukahlukeneyo zenkcubeko nonqulo, emanyaniswa ngumbono omnye nozimiselo olungagungqiyo lokuphucula ubomi babemi bawo.”
Ngexesha lengqungquthela, iNkosana yaseSaudi Crown, engumbono emva koMbono waseSaudi ka-2030, wathetha nabaphathiswa bezokhenketho, iingcali zeshishini, kunye neenkokeli. Wachaza isicwangciso sobuchule soBukumkani, esijoliswe ekunciphiseni ukuthembela koBukumkani kwioli, nokubeka ukhenketho kwindawo yokuqala kubo. Ukubamba iWorld EXPO 2030 eRiyadh ngumnqweno ophambili, kwaye inkxaso evela kwiintlanga zaseCaribbean ibalulekile.
Iintlanganiso ezisecaleni kwengqungquthela zibone iinkokeli zeCaribbean zithethathethana neenkampani zabucala ukuphonononga amathuba otyalo-mali. UMphathiswa u-Al-Khateeb ugxininise ukuzibophelela koBukumkani kutshintsho oluhle noluzinzileyo. Waqaphela:
“UBukumkani, bukhokelwa bubunkokeli babo bobulumko, buyakwazi ukuphumeza impumelelo nophuhliso lwehlabathi ngentsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe.”
Ecinga ngokukhula okunokwenzeka okuye kwavulwa ngenxa yale ngqungquthela, uMphathiswa uBartlett wongezelela wathi: “Intlanganiso phakathi kweenkokeli zaseCaribbean neenkampani zabucala zaseSaudi Arabia ziveze amathuba athembisayo. Icandelo labucala elihambele phambili loBukumkani linenjongo yokuqhubela phambili utshintsho oluzinzileyo, ukuqinisekisa impumelelo nophuhliso kungekuphela nje kumashishini asekuhlaleni kodwa nawamazwe ngamazwe. Imbonakalo yehlabathi yeSaudi Arabia ibenza babe liqabane elifanelekileyo lesicwangciso kwabancinci isiqithi ukuphuhlisa amazwe kunye namaqabane okhenketho kwiCaribbean. "
BONWA KUMFANEKISO: IGosa eliLawulayo eliyiNtloko (i-CEO) yeNgxowa-mali yoPhuhliso yaseSaudi (SFD), uSultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad (2nd ngasekhohlo), encuma njengoko exhawulana noMphathiswa weMicimbi yaNgaphandle kunye noRhwebo lwaNgaphandle, uMhlonishwa. UKamina Johnson Smith phambi kweNkulumbuso, oyena uHloniphekileyo. Andrew Holness (owesithathu ekunene) kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett (owesithathu ekhohlo) emva kokuba bobabini oorhulumente batyikitye isakhelo sophuhliso sememorandam yokuqonda (MoU) ecaleni kweNgqungquthela ye-CARICOM-Saudi Arabia eRiyadh ngoLwesine, ngoNovemba 3, 3.
