Ngokusho kweReuters, uNobhala Wezokuvikela wase-US u-Lloyd Austin umemezele e-Bahrain ekuseni ngo-December 19 ngesikhathi sendawo ukuthi ekuphenduleni amabutho aseHouthi aseYemen eqala ama-drones nemicibisholo ukuhlasela imikhumbi ehamba oLwandle Olubomvu, i-US ibambisana namazwe afanelekile. ukwethula i-Operation Red Sea Escort, ezokwenza ukugada ngokuhlanganyela eningizimu yoLwandle Olubomvu kanye neGulf of Aden.
Ngokuka-Austin, “Lena yinselelo yamazwe ngamazwe, yingakho namuhla ngimemezela ukwethulwa kwe-Operation Prosperity Guard, umsebenzi omusha nobalulekile wezokuphepha wamazwe ngamazwe.”
Ugcizelele ukuthi uLwandle Olubomvu luwumzila wamanzi obalulekile kanye nomzila omkhulu wezohwebo ukuze kube lula ukuhwebelana kwamazwe ngamazwe nokuthi inkululeko yokuhamba ngemikhumbi ibaluleke kakhulu.
Kuyaqondakala ukuthi amazwe avumile ukujoyina lo msebenzi oshiwo ahlanganisa i-UK, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles kanye neSpain.I-US isafuna amazwe amaningi angajoyina futhi akhulise inani lamasosha asolwandle abandakanyekayo kulo msebenzi.
Umthombo uveze ukuthi ngaphansi kohlaka lomsebenzi omusha wokuphelezela, imikhumbi yempi ngeke ngempela iphelezele imikhumbi ethile, kodwa izohlinzeka ngokuvikeleka emikhunjini eminingi ngangokunokwenzeka ngesikhathi esithile.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-US icele uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN ukuthi uthathe isinyathelo ngokuhlaselwa njalo kwemikhumbi oLwandle Olubomvu.Ngokuka-Austin, "Lolu wudaba lwamazwe ngamazwe olufanele ukuphendulwa umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe."
Njengamanje, inqwaba yezinkampani zama-liner zikubeke kwacaca ukuthi imikhumbi yazo izodlula eCape of Good Hope ukuze igweme indawo yoLwandle Olubomvu.Mayelana nokuthi abaphelezeli bangaba neqhaza yini ekuqinisekiseni ukuphepha kokuhamba komkhumbi, iMaersk ithathe isikhundla kulokhu.
Isikhulu seMaersk uVincent Clerc uthe engxoxweni nabezindaba baseMelika, isitatimende sikaNobhala Wezokuvikela waseMelika “esiqinisekisayo”, usamukele lesi senzo.Ngasikhathi sinye, ukholelwa ukuthi ukusebenza kwezempi okuholwa yi-US, okokuqala kungathatha amasonto ambalwa ukwenza umzila woLwandle Olubomvu uvule kabusha.
Phambilini, iMaersk yayimemezele ukuthi imikhumbi izochezukiswa ngaseCape of Good Hope ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha kwabasebenzi, imikhumbi kanye nempahla.
U-Ko wachaza, “Sasiyizisulu zokuhlaselwa futhi ngenhlanhla abekho abasebenzi abalimele.Kithina, ukumiswa kokuzulazula endaweni yoLwandle Olubomvu kubalulekile ukuze siqinisekise ukuphepha kwezisebenzi zethu.”
Uqhube wathi ukuchezukela eCape of Good Hope kungase kubangele ukubambezeleka kwamasonto amabili kuya kwamane kwezokuthutha, kodwa kumakhasimende kanye nochungechunge lwawo lokuphakelwa, ukuchezuka kuyindlela esheshayo nengabikezelwa kakhulu yokuhamba ngalesi sikhathi.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jan-12-2024