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RAMALLAH, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Tuesday for intensifying1 efforts to make peace in the Middle East.
"The pace of peacemaking in the region must be accelerated(加速)," Abbas told a press conference(记者招待会) in Ramallah following a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Abbas said the Palestinians would spare no efforts to achieve peace. "We believe in peace and believe that peace should be made as soon as possible," he said.
He also reiterated3 his readiness to resume direct negotiations4 if Israel positively5 responded to the disputed questions of security and borders.
The United States succeeded in May to mediate6 indirect proximity7 talks between the Palestinians and Israel. However, the talks are still futile8 so far.
Direct peace talks halted in December 2008 after Israel launched a wide-scale offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to stop "firing rockets and topple Hamas reign2" in the enclave.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
1 intensifying | |
v.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的现在分词 );增辉 | |
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2 reign | |
n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势 | |
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3 reiterated | |
反复地说,重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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4 negotiations | |
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过 | |
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5 positively | |
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实 | |
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6 mediate | |
vi.调解,斡旋;vt.经调解解决;经斡旋促成 | |
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7 proximity | |
n.接近,邻近 | |
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8 futile | |
adj.无效的,无用的,无希望的 | |
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