Umubano wa Barbados n’u Rwanda wagarutsweho mu biganiro i New York
Minisitiri Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe yahuye na mugenzi we wa Barbados, Christopher P. Sinckler, i New York ku ruhande rwa UNGA81, baganira ku mubano w’ibihugu byombi n’amahirwe yo gushimangira ubufatanye.
Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga n’Ubutwererane, Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe, yagiranye ibiganiro na Christopher P. Sinckler, Minisitiri Mukuru w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga n’Ubucuruzi Mpuzamahanga wa Barbados, ku wa 25 Nzeri 2026 i New York, ku ruhande rw’Inteko Rusange ya 81 y’Umuryango w’Abibumbye (UNGA81). Abayobozi bombi baganiriye ku mubano w’u Rwanda na Barbados n’amahirwe yo kurushaho gushimangira ubufatanye bw’ibihugu byombi.
Nk’uko Minisiteri y’Ububanyi n’Amahanga n’Ubutwererane (MINAFFET) yabitangaje, impande zombi “zaganiriye ku mubano w’u Rwanda na Barbados, zinareba amahirwe yo gushimangira ubufatanye mu nzego zifitiye inyungu ibihugu byombi.” Minisitiri Nduhungirehe na we yanditse ku rubuga X ko yahuye na mugenzi we wa Barbados ku munsi wa gatanu w’ibikorwa bya UNGA81. MINAFFET ntiyatangaje ibindi birambuye ku byavugiwe muri ibi biganiro.
Sinckler, inararibonye mu bukungu n’ubucuruzi
Sinckler yahawe izi nshingano muri Gashyantare 2026, nyuma y’amatora rusange yo ku wa 11 Gashyantare 2026 muri Barbados, aho ishyaka Barbados Labour Party rya Minisitiri w’Intebe Mia Amor Mottley ryegukanye imyanya yose 30 y’Umutwe w’Abadepite, Mottley agatangira manda ya gatatu. Sinckler yinjiye muri Guverinoma nk’Umusenateri.
Si ubwa mbere ayoboye ububanyi n’amahanga bw’igihugu cye: mu 2008 yabaye Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga, Ubucuruzi Mpuzamahanga n’Ibigo by’Ubucuruzi Mpuzamahanga, hanyuma aba Minisitiri w’Imari n’Ubukungu kuva mu 2010 kugeza mu 2018, muri Guverinoma yari iyobowe n’ishyaka Democratic Labour Party. Kuva mu 2022 kugeza mu 2024, yari Umuyobozi Nshingwabikorwa Wungirije mu Nama y’Ubutegetsi y’Itsinda rya Banki y’Isi, ahagarariye Canada, Irlande n’ibihugu bya Karayibe. Ku munsi we wa mbere muri Minisiteri, yavuze ko gushimangira umubano wa Barbados n’ibindi bihugu bizaba mu by’ibanze azitaho.
Kuva i Bridgetown kugera i Kigali
Umubano w’u Rwanda na Barbados wafashe indi ntera mu 2022. Muri Mata uwo mwaka, Perezida Paul Kagame yagiriye uruzinduko rw’akazi muri Barbados, ahura na Sandra Mason wari Perezida w’icyo gihugu, anagirana ibiganiro na Minisitiri w’Intebe Mottley. Icyo gihe hasinywe amasezerano y’ubufatanye, ashyirwaho umukono na Minisitiri w’Imari n’Igenamigambi Uzziel Ndagijimana na Senateri Jerome Walcott wari Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga wa Barbados.
Nk’uko The New Times yabitangaje, Perezida Kagame yagize ati: “Tugiye gushaka uburyo bufatika bwo kurushaho gushimangira ubufatanye hagati y’ibihugu byacu byombi, mu bihe biri imbere.” Mottley we yagarutse ku by’ingendo z’indege, agira ati: “Ndatekereza ko twese twemeranya […] ko hagomba kubaho ingendo z’indege zihuza umugabane wa Afurika n’akarere ka Karayibe.”
Muri Kamena 2022, ku ruhande rw’Inama y’Abakuru b’Ibihugu na za Guverinoma bihuriye muri Commonwealth (CHOGM) yabereye i Kigali, Urwego rw’Igihugu rushinzwe Iterambere (RDB) na Invest Barbados, ikigo cya Leta ya Barbados giteza imbere ishoramari, byasinye amasezerano yo guteza imbere ishoramari ry’abikorera. Inzego zagarutsweho zirimo gutunganya umusaruro w’ubuhinzi, ubukerarugendo, ubuzima, ubucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro, imitungo itimukanwa na serivisi z’imari.
Ibihugu bito bifite icyerekezo kigari
Ku wa 10 Ugushyingo 2022, Mottley na we yasuye u Rwanda mu ruzinduko rwa Leta, yakirwa na Perezida Kagame muri Village Urugwiro. Muri urwo ruzinduko, ibihugu byombi byasinye amasezerano mu rwego rw’indege n’urwa siporo. Amasezerano ku ngendo zo mu kirere (Bilateral Air Services Agreement) yasinywe na Minisitiri w’Ibikorwa Remezo, Dr. Ernest Nsabimana, na Kerrie Symmonds wari Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga wa Barbados. Nk’uko MININFRA yabitangaje, agamije gufungurira ikirere indege z’ibihugu byombi, guteza imbere ubucuruzi, serivisi n’ubwakiranyi, no koroshya itwarwa ry’imiti iva muri Barbados ijya mu Rwanda.
Mu kiganiro n’abanyamakuru abayobozi bombi bagiranye uwo munsi, Perezida Kagame yagize ati: “Twembi turi ibihugu bito, ariko dufite icyerekezo kigari cyo kuzamura urwego n’ireme ry’imibereho y’abaturage bacu, dukorana n’ibindi bihugu.”
Nk’uko The New Times yabitangaje, ku wa 13 Gashyantare 2026, nyuma y’uko Mottley yongeye gutsinda amatora, Perezida Kagame yamushimiye kuri iyo ntsinzi, avuga ko ubucuti bw’ibihugu byombi bushingiye ku “mahame dusangiye yo kwihitiramo inzira, ubudaheranwa, no kwiyemeza kugeza ku baturage bacu uburumbuke n’agaciro.” Yongeyeho ati: “Dutegereje kurushaho gushimangira ubufatanye bwacu mu myaka iri imbere.” Icyo kinyamakuru kivuga kandi ko ibihugu byombi bifitanye amasezerano yo kwirinda gusoresha kabiri, yorohereza ibikorwa by’ubucuruzi hagati yabyo.
Barbados ni igihugu cy’ikirwa giherereye mu Nyanja ya Karayibe, cyabaye Repubulika ku wa 30 Ugushyingo 2021. Kimwe n’u Rwanda, ni umunyamuryango wa Commonwealth.