VOA常速英语2021--普京与拜登首次通电话（在线收听）

This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. (From) For the first time since his inauguration, U.S. President Joe Biden spoke Tuesday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, expressing concerns about the arrest of dissident Alexei Navalny, Moscow's cyber-espionage campaign and bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan, two senior Biden administration officials described the call on Tuesday. According to U.S. accounts of the call, Biden told Putin that Russia and the United States should complete a five-year extension of their nuclear arms control treaty before it expires in early February. Russian has not yet commented on the call but Moscow announced Tuesday that Russia and the United States have struck a deal to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty. The Biden administration has not confirmed this. Biden told reporters Monday that despite disagreements with Moscow he believes both countries can operate in mutual self-interest on a New START agreement. He said that plan does not need to conflict, with making clear to Russia that the United States is very concerned about other issues on which the countries are in opposition.

欢迎收听美国之音新闻。我是玛丽莎·梅尔顿，为您远程报道。美国总统拜登星期二与俄罗斯领导人普京进行了就职典礼以来的首次会谈。拜登总统在会谈中对异见人士纳瓦尔尼被捕、莫斯科的网络间谍活动以及俄罗斯对驻阿富汗美军的悬赏表示担忧。拜登政府的两名高级官员周二对此次电话会谈进行了记述。根据美国对这一通电话的记述，拜登告诉普京，俄罗斯和美国应该在2月初核军控条约到期前将该条约延期5年。俄罗斯尚未对此次电话会谈发表评论，但莫斯科星期二宣布，俄罗斯和美国已达成协议，延长新《削减战略武器条约》（即美俄的核军控条约）。拜登政府尚未证实这一点。拜登星期一对记者说，尽管美国与莫斯科存在分歧，但他相信两国可以本着互惠互利的原则达成新《削减战略武器条约》。拜登表示，这项计划并不需要冲突，并向俄罗斯明确表示，美国非常关注两国一致反对的其他问题。

Mr. Biden also spoke Tuesday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, where he reassuring him of the United States' commitment to NATO. NATO is the West's post-World War II military pact that was formed as an alliance against the threat of Russian aggression. The two calls are a stark contrast with the attitudes of the previous administration. Former President Donald Trump was often deferential to Putin while quarreling with his NATO allies.

拜登星期二还与北约秘书长斯托尔滕贝格进行了会谈，拜登在会谈中向他强调了美国对北约的承诺。北约是二战后西方国家缔结的军事条约，是作为对抗俄罗斯侵略威胁的联盟而成立的。这两个电话会谈与美国上届政府的态度形成鲜明对比。前总统特朗普往往对普京很恭敬，一边又与北约盟国激烈争吵。

And aides of Navalny called Tuesday for new anti-government rallies in Moscow this weekend. The opposition figure's team hosted an event on Facebook calling for his supporters to gather in Moscow at noon Sunday. This is VOA news.

纳瓦尔尼的助手星期二呼吁本周末在莫斯科举行新的反政府集会。这位反对派人士的团队在Facebook上主持了一个活动，呼吁他的支持者周日中午在莫斯科举行集会。欢迎收听美国之音新闻。