Ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini, ubudlelwane bethu kunye nabathengi bethu bexesha elide kunye nabahlobo baseSaudi Arabia bububungqina bamandla okuthembana kunye nokuqonda kwihlabathi lezoshishino. Umzi-mveliso wezihlangu, njengabanye abaninzi, uhlala uqhutywa yimikhwa kunye nokhuphiswano, kodwa intsebenziswano yethu yakhelwe kumaxabiso kunye neenjongo ekwabelwana ngazo.

Ukususela ekuqaleni, ukusebenzisana kwethu kushishino lwezihlangu kuye kwaphawulwa ngokuzibophelela kumgangatho kunye nezinto ezintsha. Sisebenza kunye namaqabane ethu aseSaudi ukukhangela imeko yemarike enzima. Le ntsebenziswano ayibanga negalelo ekukhuleni kweshishini lethu kuphela, kodwa ikhuthaze ubudlelwane obunzulu obudlulela ngaphaya kweentengiselwano ezilula. Abathengi bethu bakudala baba ngabahlobo, kwaye obu buhlobo buye batyebisa uphuhliso lwethu lobuchwephesha.

Ukuthembana bekusoloko kusisiseko solwalamano lwethu. Kwishishini apho ukuthembeka kubaluleke kakhulu, amaqabane ethu aseSaudi ahlala enentembelo kwiimveliso kunye neenkonzo zethu. Le trust isenze ukuba siphonononge amathuba amatsha, sandise imigca yemveliso yethu, kwaye siziqhelanise nokutshintsha kweemfuno zemarike. Sikunye, sijongene nemingeni kwaye saphumelela impumelelo kunye, siqinisa ubudlelwane bethu njengamahlakani okukhula okufanayo.

Xa sijonge phambili, siya kuhlala sizibophelele ekugcineni obu budlelwane buxabisekileyo. Abathengi bethu bakudala kunye nabahlobo abavela eSaudi Arabia bangaphezulu nje kwabathengi, bayinxalenye yohambo lwethu. Sinochulumanco ngekamva kwaye sizimisele ukuqhubeka nolu hambo lokuqondana kunye nokukhula. Sikunye, siza kujonga imeko eguqukayo yoshishino lwezihlangu kwaye siqinisekise ukuba intsebenziswano yethu ihlala yomelele kwaye ineziqhamo kwiminyaka ezayo.