I-KIEV, Julayi 7 (Xinhua) -- Isitimela sokuqala esiqondile sama-container, esasuka edolobheni laseWuhan eliphakathi neChina ngoJuni 16, sifike eKiev ngoMsombuluko, savula amathuba amasha okubambisana phakathi kweChina ne-Ukraine, kusho izikhulu zase-Ukraine.
"Umcimbi wanamuhla ubaluleke kakhulu ngokomfanekiso wobudlelwano beSino-Ukraine. Kusho ukuthi ukubambisana kwesikhathi esizayo phakathi kweShayina ne-Ukraine ngaphakathi kohlaka lweBelt and Road Initiative kuzosondelana kakhulu," kusho iNxusa laseShayina e-Ukraine uFan Xianrong ngesikhathi somcimbi wokugubha ukufika kwesitimela lapha.
"I-Ukraine izokhombisa izinzuzo zayo njengesikhungo sezokuthutha esixhumanisa iYurophu ne-Asia, futhi ukubambisana kwezomnotho kanye nokuhweba phakathi kwe-Sino-Ukraine kuzoba ngokushesha futhi kube lula kakhulu. Konke lokhu kuzoletha izinzuzo ezengeziwe kubantu bamazwe amabili," esho.
UNgqongqoshe Wezingqalasizinda wase-Ukraine uVladyslav Kryklii, naye obehambele lo mcimbi, uthe lesi yisinyathelo sokuqala sokuthutha amakhonteyina njalo kusuka eShayina kuya e-Ukraine.
"Kungokokuqala ukuthi i-Ukraine ingagcini nje ngokusetshenziswa njengendawo yokuthutha amakhonteyina isuka eShayina iye eYurophu, kodwa futhi isebenze njengendawo yokugcina," kusho uKryklii.
U-Ivan Yuryk, inhloko ebambele ye-Ukraine Railways, utshele i-Xinhua ukuthi izwe lakhe lihlela ukwandisa umzila wesitimela sama-container.
"Silindele lukhulu ngalo mzila wamakhonteyina. Singathola (izitimela) hhayi eKiev kuphela kodwa naseKharkiv, e-Odessa nakwamanye amadolobha," kusho uYuryk.
"Okwamanje, senze izinhlelo nabalingani bethu mayelana nesitimela esisodwa ngesonto. Kungumthamo ofanele ukuqala ngawo," kusho u-Oleksandr Polishchuk, iphini lokuqala lenhloko yeLiski, inkampani yegatsha le-Ukrainian Railways egxile kwezokuthutha phakathi kwezindlela zokuhamba.
"Isikhathi esisodwa ngesonto sisenza sikwazi ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe, sisebenze ngezinqubo ezidingekayo neziphathimandla zamasiko kanye nezilawulayo, kanye namakhasimende ethu," kusho uPolishchuk.
Lesi sikhulu sengeze ngokuthi isitimela esisodwa singathutha amabhokisi afinyelela ku-40-45, okuhlanganisa amabhokisi afinyelela ku-160 ngenyanga. Ngakho-ke i-Ukraine izothola amabhokisi afinyelela ku-1,000 kuze kube sekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
"Ngo-2019, iShayina yaba ngumlingani obaluleke kakhulu kwezohwebo e-Ukraine," kusho isazi sezomnotho sase-Ukraine u-Olga Drobotyuk engxoxweni yakhe yakamuva ne-Xinhua. "Ukwethulwa kwezitimela ezinjalo kungasiza ekwandiseni nasekuqiniseni ukubambisana kwezohwebo, ezomnotho, ezepolitiki kanye namasiko phakathi kwala mazwe amabili."
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Julayi-07-2020