Minister Tom Alweendo Foto: AZ-Archiv
Minister Tom Alweendo Foto: AZ-Archiv

Diamantmoratorium ingestel

Tanja Bause
Brigitte Weidlich - Die G-7-groep van state wil die verkoop van Russiese diamante aan Europa beperk as deel van algemene sanksies teen Rusland. As een van die maatreëls het die EU-lidlande op Maandag, 18 Desember besluit alle diamante wat in G-7-state en lidlande van die Europese Unie ingevoer word, vanaf Januarie by ‘n enkele punt in Antwerpen geverifieer sal word.

Vanaf Januarie sal die 27 EU-lidlande nie meer toegelaat word om natuurlike en sintetiese diamante of diamantjuwele wat van Rusland af kom, te koop nie. Die enigste uitsondering is diamante wat vir industriële doeleindes bedoel is.

Vanaf 1 Maart sal die invoerverbod geld vir diamante en juweliersware van Russiese oorsprong wat in ander lande gesny en gepoleer is. Die moratorium sal tot 1 September uitgebrei word na laboratoriumvervaardigde diamante en horlosies met diamante.

België, die belangrikste invoerpunt vir Russiese diamante, sal ‘n blokketting-gebaseerde naspeurstelsel in Antwerpen gebruik om die oorsprong van ingevoerde diamante te identifiseer en te verifieer, het Euro News gesê.

ALWEENDO ONGELUKKIG

Die beplande verifikasie in Antwerpen kan tot groot vertragings en uitgawes lei. Tom Alweendo, Namibië se minister van myne en energie, het Dinsdag ‘n openbare beroep op die G-7-groep gedoen om met alle diamantproduserende lande saam te werk om voorgestelde maatreëls te bespreek om die verkope van Russiese diamante te beperk.

Alweendo het in ‘n persverklaring gesê dat die stap om alle diamante wat die G7-lande en die EU binnekom deur ‘n enkele plek te laat verifieer, 'n “negatiewe sosio-ekonomiese impak op Namibië sal hê.”

“Die voorstel sal ‘n bykomende laag regulering vereis, wat tot blokkasies en vertragings sal lei en wat bykomende koste sal veroorsaak. Dit beïnvloed ook Namibië se mededingendheid negatief en ondermyn die Kimberly-proses-sertifiseringstelsel,” het Alweendo gesê.

“Die Kimberly-proses word irrelevant gemaak,” kritiseer Alweendo.

Die Kimberly-proses sertifiseer die oorsprong van Namibiese diamante as ‘n produk van integriteit, in teenstelling met sogenaamde bloeddiamante, wat uit onwettige bronne kom en as geldeenheid in wapensmokkelary gebruik word. Die beplande diamantsertifisering wat in Antwerpen uitgereik is, sal Namibië van die reg ontneem om sy eie diamante as nie-Russies te verklaar.

“Namibië se soewereine reg om die diamanthandel in die beste belang van Namibië se burgers te bestuur, sal dan ondermyn word,” het minister Alweendo beklemtoon. Dit is nog onduidelik of Brussels met Afrika-state oor die aangeleentheid sal onderhandel.

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