CCTV9英语新闻：克里保证海湾国家对伊朗的核谈判

RIYADH, March 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry asserted to Gulf¹ countries on Thursday that any deal on Iran's nuclear program will strengthen the non-proliferation of atomic weapons.

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.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, gestures during a news conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

"We have achieved some progress with Iran, but there are some gaps remaining, while Iran should present specific answers after the re-negotiations³," Kerry said at a press conference after meeting foreign ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

Kerry said his visit to Riyadh was to inform GCC partners of the negotiations with Iran.

Before arriving in Riyadh late on Wednesday, Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks in Montreux, Switzerland, which he said had made progress toward a nuclear deal by the end of March.

Gulf countries, mostly Sunni ones, are worried that Shiite Iran's nuclear program would finally develop into weapon capabilities⁴, which Iran has constantly denied, insisting that its nuclear program is purely⁵ civilian⁶.

They are also concerned that to reach a nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, international pressure would be eased on Tehran to allow more room for it to intervene in regional issues, like the fight against the Islamic State group.

Before the press conference, Kerry also held talks with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on the Iranian nuclear deal and extremists in the region.

The P5+1 group, namely Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany, is trying to strike an accord that would prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear bomb. In return, the West would ease punishing sanctions on Iran.

 

1 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

2 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

5 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

6 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。