英闻天下——235 Mali Operation to be Handed over to UN: Biden

 　　Mali's Foreign Affairs minister says his country is "no Afghanistan".

 

　　Tieman Coulibaly, speaking while in Paris, says the military intervention¹ in his country is fighting "a global threat".

 

　　"We must continue pushing them up north and then over there, there is a real need of a strong military force, air force, to destroy all the implementations around the mountains. So ultimately, the real objective is to destroy all terrorist presence in northern Mali."

 

　　Meanwhile, U.S. Vice² President Joe Biden, who is also in France, says the French government and the Obama administration have agreed to the need to hand over the military operations in Mali to a United Nations mission when it is "prudent³."

 

　　"We agreed on the need to as quickly as reasonably possible establish the establishment of the African-led international mission in Mali and to as quickly as is prudent, transition that mission to the United Nations. We also support the political process that France is leading to restore a democratic government in Mali."

 

　　Combined French and African forces have already wrested⁴ control of the main towns in northern Mali from rebel forces.

 

　　They are now targeting remote rebel outposts.

 

　　Meanwhile, the World Food Program is reporting the delivery of food relief to the northern regions of Mali is back to normal.

1 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 prudent   

adj.谨慎的，有远见的，精打细算的

参考例句：

• A prudent traveller never disparages his own country.聪明的旅行者从不贬低自己的国家。
• You must school yourself to be modest and prudent.你要学会谦虚谨慎。

4 wrested   

（用力）拧( wrest的过去式和过去分词 )； 费力取得； （从…）攫取； （ 从… ） 强行取去…

参考例句：

• The usurper wrested the power from the king. 篡位者从国王手里夺取了权力。
• But now it was all wrested from him. 可是现在，他却被剥夺了这一切。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹