LONDON - Britain yakati neChina ichagadzira nzvimbo huru yepasirese yepasirese nekurambidza kubata hove kutenderedza UK-inopihwa zvitsuwa muIndian Ocean - sumbu rezvitsuwa makumi mashanu neshanu kuyambuka chikamu chechina chemiriyoni mativi emakiromita egungwa.
Munyori Wezvekune dzimwe nyika, David Miliband, akati kubata hove kwekutengesa kuchamiswa kuChagos Islands kubvumidza kutsvagisa kwesainzi uye kuchengetedzwa kwemacoral reef uye inofungidzirwa 60 mhuka dziri mungozi.
Hushumiri hwake hwakasimbirira kuti danho iri harisi kuzokanganisa mashandiro echitsuwa cheDiego Garcia, icho Britain inorenda kumauto eUS kuti chishandiswe senzvimbo. Miliband akaudza vamiriri vemitemo muna 2008 kuti US yakange yazivisa Britain kuti yakanga yashandisa Diego Garcia senzira yekumisa ndege dzeCIA.
Mapoka ekuchengetedza uye masayendisiti akatambira danho rekuchengetedza mvura yakatenderedza zvitsuwa, zvinonzi mamwe enyanza dzakachena pasi rose, uye vakati ichave yakakosha pakutsvagisa seGreat Barrier Reef kana Galapagos Islands.
"Nzvimbo iyi inopa mukana wakakura wekutsvagisa munzvimbo dzese dzegungwa, zvipenyu uye zvakawanda zvekuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze, izvo zviri musimboti wetsvakiridzo yesainzi yeUK," Miliband akadaro neChina, achizivisa danho.
Pakati peAfrica neSoutheast Asia, zvitsuwa zveChagos zvagara zvichinetsa kuhurumende yeBritain.
Dare reEuropean Court of Human Rights riri kuongorora nyaya yakatora nguva yakareba ichikwidza nyaya yevaChagossia vakadzingwa mudzimba dzavo vachienda kuMauritius iri pedyo pakati pa1967 na1973 kuti vagadzirise nzvimbo yemauto. Vagari vepachitsuwa vari kutsvaga kudzokera kumisha yavo yekare.
"Kusikwa kwenzvimbo iyi yegungwa inhanho yekutanga kuchengetedza ramangwana riri nani uye rakasimba reChagos Islands," akadaro murwiri weGreenpeace Willie Mackenzie. "Asi ramangwana iri rinofanirwa kusanganisira kuchengetedza kururamisira kwevanhu veChagossian uye kuvharwa nekubviswa kwenzvimbo yemauto Diego Garcia."
Miliband akati nzvimbo yakadzivirirwa ichavhara 210,000 square mamaira (544,000 square kilometers) yegungwa, iyo inogara kune mazana maviri nemakumi maviri emarudzi emakorari, chiuru chemarudzi ehove uye makumi matatu nematatu eshiri dzegungwa dzakasiyana.
Chagos Environment Network - mubatanidzwa wemasainzi emugungwa - yakati nzvimbo iyi ichatsiva Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, muHawaii, senzvimbo huru yepasirese yegungwa.
Miliband akati Britain yakabvuma kuendesa hutongi hwenzvimbo kuMauritius "kana isisadiwe nekuda kwekudzivirira," asi haina kudoma chero nguva yakatarwa.
Pasi pemitemo yekurenda kwaDiego Garcia, mauto eUS anogona kuramba ari pachitsuwa kusvika 2036.
