Hagati muri Gashyantare, ibihugu bigize Umuryango w’ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’Uburayi bigiye gutangiza ubutumwa bw’amato mu nyanja itukura, bugamije kurinda amato ibitero by’abarwanyi ba Houthi bo muri Yemeni.
Intara zigenzurwa na Houthi muri Yemeni zahindutse ahantu h’imyivumbagatanyo yo mu nyanja, ibitero byibasira amato bigaragara ko bifitanye isano na Isiraheli.
Aba Houthi bavuga ko bifatanije n’Abanyapalestine mu gihe ibitero by’abasirikare ba Isiraheli bikomeje kubera i Gaza, bavuga ko ibyo bakoze ari igisubizo ku byo babona ko ari jenoside mu karere ka Palesitine bigaruriwe.
Josep Borrell yavuze ko ibikorwa by’ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’Uburayi bizitwa Aspides – bisobanura kurinda – kandi inshingano zayo zikaba ari ukurinda ibitero by’ubucuruzi no guhagarika ibitero, ariko ntibigire uruhare mu bitero byibasiye Aba Houthi.
Hafi 40% y’ubucuruzi bw’ibihugu by’Uburayi n’ibihugu bya Aziya n’iburasirazuba bwo hagati byambuka amazi y’inyanja Itukura, bigatuma akarere kagira akamaro mu bihugu by’Uburayi. Ubu butumwa bwibanze ku mutekano wo mu nyanja bujyanye n’ingamba zagutse z’ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’Uburayi mu kurengera inyungu z’ubukungu no guharanira umutekano unyuze mu nzira z’ubucuruzi zikomeye.
Abadipolomate bavuze ko Ubufaransa, Ubugereki n’Ubutaliyani byagaragaje ko bifuza kuyobora ubwo butumwa, ibihugu birindwi kugeza ubu bikaba byerekana ko byiteguye kohereza imitungo yo mu mazi, nk’uko abadipolomate bavuze ko bizashingira ku butumwa bw’ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’Uburayi mu karere.
Igikorwa cyabanje kubona amato atatu ayobowe na EU. Abadipolomate bavuze ko Ubufaransa n’Ubutaliyani bimaze kugira ubwato bw’intambara muri ako karere, kandi Ubudage burateganya kohereza frigate ya Hesse muri ako karere.
Itangizwa ry’ubutumwa bwa Aspides ryerekana icyemezo cy’ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’Uburayi cyo kuva mu butumwa buyobowe na Amerika bwatangijwe mu Kuboza, aho Amerika n’Ubwongereza byagabye ibitero by’indege ku birindiro bya Houthi, bikagaragaza ko Uburayi bwanze ko bayoborwa na Washington.
Umuryango w’ubumwe bw’ibihugu by’Uburayi urahura n’impanuka ziyongera ku bushake mu karere, bitewe n’ingamba zikomeye za geopolitike zirimo abafatanyabikorwa benshi, zigaragaza ko hakenewe igenamigambi ryitondewe ndetse n’ubuhanga bwa dipolomasi mu kuyobora amazi y’imivurungano yo mu nyanja Itukura.
Umutekano wo mu nyanja nicyo gihangayikishije cyane kuko inyanja itukura ninzira ikomeye yubucuruzi ku isi hagati ya Afrika na Aziya, ihuza inyanja ya Mediterane ninyanja yu Buhinde.
Amakimbirane yatumye amasosiyete atwara ibicuruzwa yirinda ako karere, ahitamo kuzenguruka urugendo rurerure muri Afurika. Uku guhungabana, kwibasira hejuru ya 12% y’ubucuruzi ku isi, bitera ifaranga n’izamuka ry’ibiciro ku bihugu by’Afurika biremereye cyane nka Misiri, Gana, Etiyopiya, na Nijeriya.
Nubwo kuzenguruka inyanja Itukura byongera igihe kinini cyo gutwara no kugiciro, birafungura amahirwe ibihugu bya Afrika byungukirwa no kongera ubwikorezi bwo mu nyanja n’ubucuruzi butandukanye.
