Shugabannin Caribbean sun yi kira ga jirgin sama guda ɗaya

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Shugabannin Caribbean guda biyu sun yi kira da a kafa kamfanin jirgin sama guda ɗaya kamar yadda suka ce suna sane da cewa har yanzu akwai bukatar yarjejeniyar sufurin jiragen sama na yanki "wanda muke buƙatar haɗawa tare".

Firayim Ministan Trinidad da Tobago Patrick Manning da St Vincent da takwaransa na Grenadines, Dokta Ralph Gonsalves ne suka yi wannan kiran a karshen wata ziyarar aiki ta kwanaki biyu da Gonsalves ta kai, wadda ta bayyana dangantakar da ke tsakanin kasashen kudancin Caribbean.

Manning ya shaida wa manema labarai cewa taron Majalisar Ciniki da Ci Gaban Tattalin Arziki (COTED) a St Vincent a bara ya lura da gaskiyar cewa "babu yarjejeniyar ayyukan jiragen sama a tsakanin yankunan Caribbean kuma sun tattauna matsayin siyasa kan wannan batu".

Sai dai ya ce saboda rashin yawan kuri'un da aka yi taron ba a tsara shi yadda ya kamata a matsayin wata kungiya ta yankin Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ba, don haka, ana daukar ta a matsayin tuntuba.

“Amma hakan ya inganta dalilin kafa ingantacciyar manufa ta zirga-zirgar jiragen sama a yankin. Abin da ake ba da shawara a yanzu shi ne cewa COTED (Hukumar yanke shawara ta biyu mafi girma ta CARICOM) wacce dole ne a yi hakan a karkashinta, dole ne ta sake zama nan ba da jimawa ba domin mu kammala tantance matsayin da ya dace da manufofin.

Gonsalves, wanda shi ne shugaban yankin na biyu bayan takwaransa na Barbados David Thompson da ya kai ziyara nan a ‘yan kwanakin nan, ya ce an kuma cimma matsaya kan kara hada kai a fannin ilimi da lafiya.

Game da buƙatar jirgin saman yanki guda ɗaya, Gonsalves ya gaya wa manema labarai cewa shi da Manning "sun kasance ɗaya" kamar yadda ya tambayi "yaya za mu yi hakan".

Ya ce zai dogara ne kan yarjejeniyar sufurin jiragen sama na yankin "da samun dukkan hanyoyin da za a bi".

Gonsalves ya ce an riga an yanke shawara mai mahimmanci tare da shawarar da kasashe uku na Caribbean - Barbados, Antigua da Barbuda da St Vincent da Grenadines - suka yanke don siyan kadarorin tsohon mai jigilar kayayyaki na yankin Caribbean Star, don haɓaka ra'ayi na yanki guda ɗaya. mai ɗaukar kaya.

Gonsalves ya yarda cewa bayan siyan, kamfanin jirgin saman LIAT na yankin yana fuskantar matsaloli, gami da tashin jirgi da batutuwan gudanarwa, amma ya kara da cewa "muna aiki don magance wadannan".

Ya ce zai yi illa ga manufar jirgin saman yanki guda daya, idan aka bar kamfanin Trinidad na Caribbean Airlines (CAL) ya yi aiki cikin gasa da LIAT a kan hanyoyin guda daya.

"Kawai ka yi la'akari da shi, idan Caribbean Airlines ya fara gudanar da Dash 8 a cikin sauran tsibirin. za ka iya ganin gasar da aka sarrafa wanda za a sake farawa," in ji shi, yana tunawa cewa St Lucia a baya ya koka game da. sabis ɗin da LIAT ta bayar kuma ya shiga yarjejeniya tare da Eagle American da ke Amurka don hidimar hanyar Barbados-St Lucia.

"Babu isassun zirga-zirgar ababen hawa na LIAT da American Eagle, farashin kudin ya haura a kan Eagle da kusan dala $200, kuma gwargwadon farashin LIAT, ya kara hauhawa kan Eagle sannan a karshe Eagle ya dakatar da ayyukan," Gonsalves yace.

“Babu wani jirgin dakon kaya na kasar waje da ke bin mu komi kuma ’yan kasuwa ne kawai, za su ciro kogon daga karkashin ku nan take.

"Shin za ku iya samun al'ummar Caribbean sai dai idan kuna da hanyar sadarwar da ta dace kuma babban hanyar sadarwa shine sufuri? Yanzu ba za mu iya dakatar da CAL daga gudanar da ayyukan Dash 8 ba, saboda shirye-shiryen cibiyoyi da tsare-tsare na tsara jadawalin da farashin farashi ba su wanzu.

"Akwai shirye-shirye masu kyau don aminci amma me yasa CAL da LIAT zasu shiga cikin yakin a wannan yankin. Yana da ma'ana a gare mu mu ba da haɗin kai.

"Ba za ku iya dakatar da gasa a sararin sama ba, amma gasar da ba ta da hankali kuma wacce za ta cutar da kowa ba shi da ma'ana kwata-kwata kuma inda ba ku da ka'idoji da ka'idoji don magance gasar, a cikin dogon lokaci. gudu za ku sami rashin dorewar sufurin jiragen sama kuma ni da ku za mu yi baƙar magana,” inji shi.

Manning ya ce dangane da kasancewar CAL na shiga cikin wannan sabon kamfani, yana tunatar da yankin cewa “sabon kamfani ne, ba shi da bashi, an yi jari mai kyau, ana sarrafa shi yadda ya kamata kuma yana nan don samar da kowa da kowa. sabis na sufurin jirgin sama a cikin Caribbean".

Ya tuna cewa CAL, wanda ya maye gurbin BWIA mai fama da matsalar kudi, ya zo ne bayan tattaunawa da shugabannin yankin da suka hada da Barbados da St.

Vincent da Grenadines "shekaru biyu da suka wuce".

"Don haka a yanzu muna neman ci gaba da wannan lamarin da kuma sanya yarjejeniyar sabis na iska mai kyau wanda ke zama riga-kafi don ingantaccen tsarin sufuri a cikin Caribbean," in ji shi.

Manning ya ce wasu jahohin Caribbean suma suna samun ingantacciyar zirga-zirga a wajen yankin, inda kamfanonin jiragen sama na kasa da kasa ke ba da jigilar jiragen sama kan farashin gwamnatoci.

“Ba zato ba tsammani, kamfanin jirgin saman Caribbean yana gudanar da harkokin kasuwanci gaba ɗaya ba tare da wani yanke shawara na siyasa ba dangane da tafiyar da harkokin tattalin arzikin sa.

Ya ce idan har gwamnatinsa tana son kamfanin jirgin ya samar da sabis wanda ta ke ganin ba shi da tattalin arziki, “to gwamnatin Trinidad da Tobago za ta biya CAL, haka ma idan kowace gwamnati a yankin na son CAL ta yi duk wata hanya a kansa. a madadin dole ne ta samar, tallafa masa da kudi kamar yadda muke yi da British Airways da duk wani jirgin sama na kasa da kasa”.

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