Ingqalasizinda ekhulisa ukukhula ikhokhiswa ama-Beijing smears ogibe lwezikweletu, kusho abahlaziyi.
Imisebenzi eyenziwa ngaphansi kohlelo oluhlongozwa yiChina iBelt and Road Initiative ikhuphule umnotho waseSri Lanka, impumelelo yayo yabeka imibono engamanga yokuthi lolu sizo lubambela amazwe ezikweletini ezinkulu, kusho abahlaziyi.
Ngokuphambene nendaba exoxwa ngabagxeki baseBeijing ngalokho okuthiwa ugibe lwezikweletu, usizo lweChina seluyimbangela yokukhula komnotho wesikhathi eside wamazwe abambe iqhaza ku-BRI, kusho abahlaziyi.E-Sri Lanka, amaphrojekthi e-Colombo Port City kanye ne-Hambantota Port, kanye nokwakhiwa kwe-Southern Expressway, aphakathi kwemisebenzi emikhulu ehlobene nohlelo lokuthuthukisa ingqalasizinda.
Ichweba laseColombo libekwe endaweni yama-22 ezingeni lomhlaba lamachweba kulo nyaka.Iveze ukukhula ngamaphesenti ayisi-6 kumthamo wempahla ephathwayo, yafinyelela kurekhodi lamayunithi angama-7.25 million alingana namafidi angamashumi amabili ngo-2021, abezindaba bacaphune iSri Lanka Ports Authority isho kanje ngoMsombuluko.
Isikhulu seziphathimandla zamachweba, uPrasantha Jayamanna, utshele iDaily FT, iphephandaba laseSri Lanka, ukuthi ukwanda komsebenzi kuyakhuthaza, nokuthi uMengameli uGotabaya Rajapaksa uthe ufuna leli chweba lingene kwabangu-15 abahamba phambili emhlabeni ngo-2025.
I-Colombo Port City icatshangwa njengendawo yokuqala yokuhlala, yokudayisa neyomabhizinisi eNingizimu ye-Asia, kanye ne-China Harbour Engineering Company eyenza imisebenzi, kuhlanganise nesiqhingi sokwenziwa.
"Lo mhlaba obuyisiwe unikeza iSri Lanka ithuba lokudweba kabusha imephu nokwakha idolobha elisezingeni eliphezulu nokusebenza futhi liqhudelane neDubai noma iSingapore," uSaliya Wickramasuriya, oyilungu leKhomishini Yezomnotho yaseColombo Port City, etshela abezindaba.
Inzuzo enkulu
Ngokuqondene nechweba laseHambantota, ukuba seduze kwayo nemizila emikhulu yasolwandle kusho ukuthi liwusizo olukhulu kulo msebenzi.
UNdunankulu waseSri Lanka uMahinda Rajapaksa ubonge iChina “ngokweseka kwayo isikhathi eside nokukhulu ekuthuthukisweni komnotho nenhlalakahle yezwe”.
Njengoba izwe lifuna ukululama emiphumeleni yalolu bhubhane, abagxeki baseChina baphinde bathi iSri Lanka ibolekwa imali ebizayo, abanye bebiza amaphrojekthi asizwa yiChina ngezindlovu ezimhlophe.
USirimal Abeyratne, uprofesa wezomnotho eNyuvesi yaseColombo, utshele i-China Daily ukuthi iSri Lanka yavula imakethe yayo yebhondi ekutshalweni kwezimali kwamanye amazwe ngo-2007, futhi cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo yaqala ukubolekwa kwezentengiselwano, "okungahlangene nhlobo nemali mboleko yaseShayina".
I-China yabalelwa kumaphesenti ayishumi esikweletu sangaphandle sezwe elisesiqhingini esingama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-35 ngo-Ephreli 2021, ngokusho kwemininingwane evela eMnyangweni Wezangaphandle waseSri Lanka, neJapan nayo ibalwa cishe ngamaphesenti ayishumi.I-China ingumabolekisi wesine ngobukhulu e-Sri Lanka, ngemuva kwezimakethe zezimali zamazwe ngamazwe, i-Asian Development Bank kanye ne-Japan.
Iqiniso lokuthi iChina iqokwe enkulumweni yogibe lwezikweletu yabagxeki ikhombisa ukuthi izama kangakanani ukudelela amaphrojekthi e-China kanye ne-BRI esifundeni sase-Asia-Pacific, kusho uWang Peng, umcwaningi eSikhungweni Sezifundo zaseMelika. I-Zhejiang International Studies University.
NgokweBhange Lomhlaba kanye ne-International Monetary Fund, izwe lidlulela ngalé kophawu lwengozi uma isikweletu saso sangaphandle sidlula amaphesenti angu-40 esamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya.
"Ikhono le-Sri Lanka lokuthuthuka njengendawo yesifunda kanye nesikhungo semikhumbi ukuze uthole izinzuzo ze-BRI ligqanyiswe kakhulu," kusho uSamitha Hettige, umeluleki weKhomishini Yezemfundo Kazwelonke yaseSri Lanka, ebhala esitatimendeni se-Ceylon Today.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-18-2022