124 巴基斯坦总统的预定到访在印度引起忧虑

124 巴基斯坦总统的预定到访在印度引起忧虑

Musharraf's Upcoming India Visit Causing Anxiety
Anjana Pasricha
New Delhi
8 Jul 2001 11:29 UTC

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's plan to meet leading Kashmiri (1)separatists during his visit to New Delhi July 14-16 is causing (2)anxiety in Indian political circles. The long-running dispute over Kashmir is certain to be high on the (3)agenda when Mr. Musharraf's meets India's Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
A week ago, Pakistan said it would go along with India's insistence¹ that General Musharraf not meet Kashmiri separatist leaders during his New Delhi visit. India strongly opposes such a meeting, saying the separatists have no role in settling what officials in New Delhi say is a (4)bilateral dispute.
That is why Indian officials expressed dismay when Islamabad announced that it would invite leaders of the Kashmiri separatist (5)alliance, the All Party Hurriyat Conference, to meet President Musharraf at a reception at Pakistan's (6)embassy.
Foreign Ministry² spokeswoman Nirupama Rao says India (7)opposes such a meeting because it focuses attention on what New Delhi considers a non-issue. "We believe that the correct priorities as far as this visit is concerned should not be lost sight of and that (8)extraneous issues should not be given importance," she said.
In a pointed³ reference to General Musharraf's proposed visit, Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani last week said a state guest should respect the (9)sentiments of the host country.
Indian newspapers are referring to the General Musharraf's possible contact with the Kashmiri leaders as a "sour note" and a "sticky issue" (10)hanging over his talks with Prime Minister Vajpayee.
Foreign policy analyst⁴ Kanti Bajpai of New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University says General Musharraf's insistence on meeting the separatists could (11)jeopardize prospects⁵ for settling the bitter dispute over Kashmir. "If the Pakistanis keep repeating it, I think the temperature will grow here," he said. " It will grow in the press, it will grow within the ruling (12)coalition, the opposition⁶. The [Indian] government maybe forced into a very, very difficult position."
Despite the wrangling⁷ over whether General Musharraf will meet the separatists, India is trying to keep the focus on confidence-building measures. Prime Minister Vajpayee has offered to send a senior Indian military official to Pakistan to discuss ways to reduce tension across the Kashmiri border. Earlier in the week, New Delhi announced it will free hundreds of Pakistani prisoners and offer (13)scholarships to Pakistani students.
Islamabad in its turn released an Indian peace activist⁸ being held in a Pakistani (14)jail for entering the country without a visa.
India and Pakistan both claim all of Kashmir and have fought two wars over the disputed region.

(1) separatist[5sepErEtIst]n.分离主义者, 独立派
(2) anxiety[AN5zaIEtI]n.忧虑, 焦急, 渴望, 热望
(3) agenda[E5dVendE]n.pl.议程
(4) bilateral[baI5lAtErEl]adj.有两面的, 双边的
(5) alliance[E5laIEns]n.联盟, 联合
(6) embassy[5embEsI]n.大使及其随员, 大使的派遣, 大使馆
(7) oppose[E5pEJz]vt.反对, 使对立, 使对抗vi.反对
(8) extraneous[eks5treInIEs]adj.无关系的, 外来的
(9) sentiment[5sentImEnt]n.情操, 情感, 情绪
(10) hang over v.挂在...上, 伸出, 笼罩, 威胁, 被遗留下
(11) jeopardize[5dVepEdaIz]v.危害
(12) coalition[kEJE5lIF(E)n]n.合并, 接合, 联合
(13) scholarship[5skRlEFIp]n.奖学金,学问,学识
(14) jail[dVeIl]n.监狱vt.监禁

n

1 insistence   

n.坚持；强调；坚决主张

参考例句：

• They were united in their insistence that she should go to college.他们一致坚持她应上大学。
• His insistence upon strict obedience is correct.他坚持绝对服从是对的。

2 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。

3 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

4 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

5 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

6 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

7 wrangling   

v.争吵，争论，口角( wrangle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems. 双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。 来自辞典例句
• The children were wrangling (with each other) over the new toy. 孩子为新玩具（互相）争吵。 来自辞典例句

8 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。