Though not backing away from plans to build a missile-defense system in central Europe, the United States is offering a series of confidence-building measures to allay Russian concerns about the project. Senior Russian officials were informed of the measures during so-called two plus two talks in Moscow among Russian foreign and defense ministers and their visiting U.S. counterparts.
美国虽然没有在中欧建立导弹防御系统计划的问题上改变立场，不过，美国还是提出了一系列旨在建立信心的措施，减少俄罗斯对这一计划的担忧。俄罗斯外长和国防部长与到访的美国国务卿和国防部长在莫斯科举行了被称作“二加二”的会谈。在会谈时，美国将这一系列措施告诉了俄罗斯的高级官员。
Speaking at a news conference after the talks, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States elaborated on a number of measures aimed at confidence building and transparency in order to assure that new American missile facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic would not constitute a threat to Russia.
在会谈结束后举行的记者招待会上，美国国防部长盖茨说，美国详细阐述了一系列旨在建立互信和透明的措施，为的是确保美国在波兰和捷克共和国新部署的导弹设施不会对俄罗斯构成威胁。
"We have leaned very far forward in this to provide reassurance, and with a number of measures that, obviously, would require host-country approval and reciprocity," said Gates.
盖茨说：“在这一问题上，我们非常主动地让俄罗斯放心。很明显，一系列措施需要征得导弹所在国家的同意。”
Moscow says a U.S. system on its doorstep would diminish Russia's strategic deterrent. The United States insists the missiles would defend against a potential Iranian missile threat.
莫斯科说，部署在俄罗斯门口的美国导弹系统会损害俄罗斯的战略威摄力。美国坚持认为部署的导弹将防御伊朗潜在的导弹威胁。
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the U.S. proposals are serious and will be studied. He was quick to add, however, that the best way to ease Russian concerns about the proposed system would be not to build it at all.
俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫说，美国的提议是认真的，俄罗斯会对提议进行研究。但是，他很快补充说，要消除俄罗斯关于这个导弹系统提议的担忧，最好的办法是根本不要建立这样一个系统。
But Lavrov notes the firm U.S. intention to establish the system. Despite disagreement on the substance of this issue, the Russian official says the United States recognizes that Russia has legitimate concerns and has offered proposals to eliminate or allay them.
但是，拉夫罗夫特别指出美国建立这个系统的决心。虽然关于这个问题的实质还存在分歧，但是，俄罗斯官员说，美国看得出俄罗斯有理由担心，而且美国也已经提出建议消除或减少俄罗斯的担心。
Lavrov said participants in the talks did not decide how to proceed after next year's expiration of 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. He noted that any new agreement would be legally binding, but that much work remains before it can be reached.
拉夫罗夫说，参加会谈的俄罗斯和美国官员没有决定1991年签署的《削减战略武器条约》在明年期满失效后该怎么办。他说，任何新的协定要有法律约束力，但是在达成新协定之前还有很多工作要做。
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it is important to recognize the breadth of U.S.-Russian relations. Both sides worked out a strategic framework to govern those relations in the future. Rice said the document would reflect agreements already made or which need to be developed.
美国国务卿赖斯说，美国和俄罗斯关系涉及很多领域，认识到这一点很重要，双方制定出一个战略框架，管理未来的双边关系。赖斯说，这个框架将体现已经达成的协议或者未来需要达成的协议。
"For instance, global nuclear terrorism, [and] concerning the two presidents' [Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush] interest in developing a way to get assured fuel supply for countries that may wish to have civil nuclear power without the proliferation risk of enrichment and reprocessing," said Rice.
赖斯说：“比方说，全球核恐怖主义，以及两位总统所关心的，如何找到可以让人放心的能源提供给那些可能希望拥有民用核能的国家，同时还不会有核浓缩和再加工的核扩散风险。”
The United States said it would provide written copies of all proposals by the end of the day, which the Russian side said it would carefully study.
美国说，它会在当天提供所有建议的文本给俄罗斯。俄罗斯说，它会仔细研究这些建议。
Secretaries Rice and Gates met earlier for private talks with several Russian opposition and business leaders. Participants included former member of parliament Vladimir Ryzhkov and Yabloko Party leader Grigory Yavlinsky. Former chess champion Garry Kasparov and former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov say they were not invited.
国务卿赖斯和盖茨早些时候与俄罗斯反对派和商业界领导人举行了不公开会谈。参加会谈的人包括前俄罗斯议员雷日科夫和亚博卢俄罗斯联合民主党主席亚夫林斯基。前国际像棋冠军卡斯帕罗夫和前俄罗斯总理卡西亚诺夫说，他们没有收到参加会议的邀请。 |