298 欧盟官员推动马其顿和平谈判

 

Solana Boosts Macedonia Peace Talks

Jeff Bieley

Ohrid, Macedonia

5 Aug 2001 18:43 UTC

 

Macedonia's peace talks have gotten a 1)boost by the arrival of EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. A final diplomatic push is under way to conclude eight days of intensive 2)negotiations¹.

As the top EU 3)diplomat, Javier Solana, arrived in Ohrid, he said it was a very important day in the talks to try to end five months of 4)ethnic² fighting.

Mr. Solana's spokeswoman said the message of his visit "is that the European Union would like to have a final deal as soon as possible."

One Albanian leader in the talks said he expected "a take it or leave it proposal" from Mr. Solana to wrap up negotiations on the key issue of police 5)restructuring.

Radmila Sekerinska, of the Macedonian Social Democratic Union, praised a plan released Saturday by international 6)mediators, calling it "closer than previous proposals" to the Macedonians' timetable for police reform.

All sides have agreed in principle that the police should be restructured to greatly expand the number of ethnic-Albanian law 7)enforcement officers and grant some control over policing to local authorities.

But Macedonian leaders warn that transforming the police too quickly, and 8)granting too much local control could divide the country along ethnic lines.

Ukraine's foreign minister, Anatoly Zlenko, arrived with Mr. Solana to 9)deliver a message to Macedonia's leaders.

He said his country is looking for new ways to 10)cooperate with Macedonia, after Ukraine agreed with the European Union and the United States to stop selling sophisticated arms to Macedonia.

The former Soviet³ republic had previously⁴ sent a fleet of attack aircraft, some piloted by Ukrainian officers, to help Macedonia fight ethnic-Albanian insurgents⁵.

 

 

(1)      boost[bu:st]n. v.推进

(2)      negotiation[nI^EJFI5eIF(E)n]n.商议, 谈判, 流通

(3)      diplomat[5dIplEmAt]n.外交官, 有外交手腕的人

(4)      ethnic[5eWnIk]adj.人种的, 种族的, 异教徒的

(5)      restructure[ri:5strQktFE(r)]vt.更改结构, 重建构造, 调整, 改组

(6)      mediator[5mi:dIeItE(r)]n.调停者, 仲裁人

(7)      enforcement[In`fR:smEnt]n.执行, 强制

(8)      grant[^rB:nt]vt.同意, 准予, 承认(某事为真)～

(9)      deliver[dI5lIvE(r)]vt.递送, 陈述, 释放, 发表(一篇演说等)

(10)      cooperate with v.与...合作

 

 

1 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。

2 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

3 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网