国际先驱论坛报：美中恢复军事对话

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【来源】国际先驱论坛报
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【标题】美中恢复军事对话
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U.S. and China revive military talks
美中恢复军事对话

BEIJING: Two days of military consultations between the United States and China ended Saturday with glowing reviews from the senior Pentagon official at the talks, who said that high-level meetings between the nations on military issues, suspended last year, would resume soon.
北京：周六，随着五角大楼高级官员热情洋溢的回顾讲话，为期两天的美中军事磋商结束了。这位官员说，去年中止的两国间军事事务高层会议不久将恢复。

The official, David Sedney, the under secretary of defense for East Asia, described the talks at a news conference on Saturday as the best he had conducted in 18 years of military negotiations with Beijing."
"We had a very positive set of talks, very much in the context of this being a new administration," Sedney said, describing the consultations as "intense, very productive and very useful."
在周六新闻发布会上，负责东亚事务的国防副部长大卫悉尼把这次对话描述为他18年来与北京军事协商的最成功的一次。悉尼副部长说“在新政府上台的这一背景下，我们进行了一次非常积极的对话，”他用“热情的，非常有成效的，非常有用的”来描述这次磋商。

Dozens of American military experts accompanied Sedney to Beijing for the annual meeting, known as the Defense Policy Coordination Talks, which have often focused on improving understanding between American and Chinese military officials.
几十位美国军事专家陪同悉尼副部长到访北京参加被看做国防政策协调会谈的年会。年会的重点在于改善美中军事官员的相会理解。

The Chinese, who opened the meeting with a public warning that military relations remain "in a difficult period," had no comment on the discussions. The Chinese had suspended senior-level military contacts with the United States in October, protesting the Bush administration's approval of a record $6.5 billion arms sale to Taiwan. This week's discussions, while long scheduled, were the first top-level talks to occur since the Chinese ratcheted down military relations last fall.
在公开警告军事关系依然处于“困难时期”的同时，中国召开此次会议，中国没有对于商讨给与评价。（为）抗议布什政府通过65亿美元的对台军售，中国去年十月终止了同美国的高层军事接触。经过了长期的准备，此次会谈是去年秋天中国降低军事关系以来首次高层会谈。

Well before the talks began, China's government had indicated an interest in restoring military ties with the new Obama administration. A Chinese government analysis released in January urged closer military relations between the nations, and Sedney said on Saturday that both nations' navies had cooperated in recent months to combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia.
在会谈之前，中国政府表示了与新的奥巴马政府恢复军事关系的兴趣。一月发布的一份中国政府分析报告推进了两国更为密切军事关系，悉尼副部长周六表示，进几个月，两国海军已经共同合作，在索马里沿岸的亚丁湾打击海盗。

Sedney said that the talks were grounded in an American conviction that China's emergence as a military power was not a threat to American interests, but instead could be a stabilizing force in an uncertain world.
悉尼部长说，会谈基于美国的信念，那就是中国作为军事力量的显现对美国利益不是一个威胁，反之，可以成为不确定的世界的一个稳定力量。

For many years, American officials, and especially the military, have expressed concern that China was buying weapons systems specifically designed to deny American access to the region should there be a conflict over Taiwan. There is no concern that China is a military threat to the continental United States, and great efforts have been made to make China a partner in regional stability, in particular regarding North Korea.
很多年来，美国官员，特别是军方官员，对中国购买针对阻止美国进入可能发生冲突的台海的武器系统这一行为表示关切。没必要担心中国是美国本土的军事威胁，而且，做出的巨大努力使得中国成为区域稳定的合作者，特别是谈到朝鲜时。

The two sides discussed the strategic situations in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Somalia.
Western China borders on some of the most politically volatile territory in the world, and the deteriorating security situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan is of special concern to Beijing.
双方探讨了巴基斯坦，阿富汗，中亚和索马里的战略形势。处于世界上最为政治性动荡地区的中国西部边境，巴基斯坦和阿富汗不断恶化的安全局势是北京主要关心的议题。

One reason that this week's talks were so productive, Sedney suggested, was that both sides had realized during the China-imposed hiatus that their regular cooperation was vital to addressing common problems in places like Central Asia.
悉尼副部长说，本周会谈富有成效的余个原因是，双方都意识到，在中国实行的（军事对话或合作）中止期间，他们的定期的合作对于处像中亚等地区的常规为题是极为重要的。