洪都拉斯与尼日利亚建交

 　　洪都拉斯与尼日利亚建交

　　TEGUCIGALPA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Foreign Ministry¹ of Honduras on Wednesday announced that the country and Nigeria have established diplomatic relations.

　　"The joint² statement through which the decision was established was signed by the foreign ministers of Honduras, Mireya Aguero, and of Nigeria, Viola Adaku Onwuliri," said the Honduran Foreign Ministry in a press release issued in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.

　　According to the press release, the signing ceremony was held on the sidelines of the 68th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) , which has attracted officials from all over the world to New York City, the United States.

　　In New York, the two foreign ministers exchanged information on their respective development priorities and on issues of shared interest, such as tourism, security and cooperation.

　　"Both republics decided³ to establish diplomatic relations according to the Vienna Convention and the United Nations Charter, to develop ties of friendship, generate initiatives in bilateral⁴ cooperation and contribute to the strengthening of world peace," the ministry said in the press release.

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。