The United States on Monday welcomed the peaceful outcome of the week-long political crisis in Pakistan, saying it brought the country "back from the brink" of broader political upheaval. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made calls to key Pakistani officials to try to defuse tensions.
巴基斯坦历时一个星期的政治危机获得和平解决，美国星期一对此表示欢迎。美国认为，这一结果把巴基斯坦从一场广泛的政治动荡的边缘解救出来。美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿曾给巴基斯坦政界的几位关键人物打电话，试图化解紧张气氛。
Clinton made unusual direct telephone appeals on Saturday to Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif to try to ease tensions.
上个星期六，克林顿国务卿为了化解紧张气氛而不同寻常地和巴基斯坦总统扎尔达里、总理吉拉尼以及反对派领导人谢里夫直接通了电话。
But in a press appearance here, she said the resolution of the standoff - with the reinstatement of the country's deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry - was a resolution by the Pakistanis themselves and a hopeful first step toward broader dialogue.
但是在华盛顿举行的一次记者会上，克林顿表示是巴基斯坦人自己解决了这场僵局；而最高法院法官伊夫蒂哈尔.穆罕默德.乔杜里复职是朝广泛的对话迈出的第一步。
Clinton's telephone diplomacy capped several days of intensive U.S. efforts to help bring Pakistan, as one officials here put it, "back from the brink" of a broader crisis that some analysts say threatened the country's stability.
为了把巴基斯坦从一场范围广泛的危机的边缘挽救回来，美国做出了好几天的密集努力，而克林顿的电话外交则是这一努力的最高层次。分析人士认为，这场危机威胁到巴基斯坦的稳定。
Speaking to reporters with Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin, Clinton said Pakistani leaders did not need her to tell them what was at stake in the political standoff, and that its resolution is a hopeful sign for the future.
克林顿在和来访的爱尔兰外长迈克尔.马丁联合举行的记者会上说，巴基斯坦领导人并不需要她来告诉他们这场政治僵局的价码有多高，而危机的解决对今后来说是一个令人感到有希望的迹象。
"I believe that the resolution they have agreed upon is the first step of what has to be an ongoing reconciliation and compromising of political views that can stabilize civilian democracy and the rule of law, both of which are essential to the efforts that the Pakistanis themselves see as so critical - namely preventing extremism and violence from stalking the Pakistani peoples and the country," she said.
她说：“我认为他们达成的解决办法是朝和解以及不同政治见解相互妥协的方向迈出的第一步，而这样做有助于稳定平民民主和法制。巴基斯坦人认为，稳定民主和法制对于防止极端主义和暴力祸及巴基斯坦人民和国家来说是至关重要的。”
State Department Acting Spokesman Robert Wood said Clinton, in her calls to the Pakistani leadership on Saturday, urged a non-violent settlement of the confrontation with the opposition and said that there should be no impediments to peaceful, democratic assembly.
美国国务院代理发言人罗伯特.伍德说，克林顿星期六与巴基斯坦领导人通话时，敦促他们以非暴力方式解决与反对派之间的冲突，并表示不应为和平与民主集会设置障碍。
Wood did not say whether Clinton specially urged the reinstatement of Chief Justice Chaudhry. But he said the United States welcomes the decision by President Zardari as important for moving the process of reconciliation forward and upholding the rule of law.
伍德没有说克林顿是否特别敦促恢复首席法官乔杜里的职务。但是他说，美国欢迎扎尔达里总统的决定，认为它对于推进和解和巩固法治有着重要的意义。
Wood said British Foreign Secretary David Miliband joined Clinton in the weekend intervention, reflecting the two Western allies' worry that the crisis would negatively affect efforts against extremists in the Pakistani-Afghan border region.
伍德说，英国外交大臣米利班德这个周末和克林顿一道进行了干预，这反映出这两个西方盟国担心这场危机会影响在巴基斯坦和阿富汗边界地区打击极端分子的努力。
"Our concern, clearly, was that tensions were heating up and that they need to calm down, and that indeed these tensions were diverting the government of Pakistan away from its principle enemies - al-Qaida and the Taliban," he said. "The Secretary felt that she needed to make these phone calls. And we're very pleased to see the Pakistani leadership has taken some decisions that are moving the country at least back on a path towards reconciliation."
伍德说，“我们担心的显然是紧张局势会激化。他们需要冷静下来，这样的紧张情势确实会让巴基斯坦政府在对付它的主要敌人--基地组织和塔利班上分心。国务卿感到有必要给他们打电话。我们很高兴地看到，巴基斯坦领导人做出的决定使这个国家至少回到了和解的道路。”
Clinton is expected to meet her Pakistani counterpart, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, at a Dutch hosted conference at the end of this month at the Hague aimed at promoting stability in Afghanistan.
预计，克林顿这个月底在荷兰海牙参加一个关于促进阿富汗稳定的会议时将会晤巴基斯坦外长库雷希。 |