俄罗斯外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫于周二表示，欧洲国家正在对俄罗斯发动战争。
European countries are waging a war against Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday.
拉夫罗夫在莫斯科瓦尔代论坛的场边发言时指出，欧洲国家正在向乌克兰供应武器，而这些武器正被用于针对俄罗斯。
Speaking on the sidelines of the of the Valdai forum in Moscow, Lavrov said European countries are supplying weapons to Ukraine that are being used against Russia.
拉夫罗夫说：“这是欧洲正在对我们发动的战争。”他驳斥了欧洲的指控，即俄罗斯对运送西方援乌武器货船的打击构成了莫斯科的“混合隐蔽战争”。
“This is a war that Europe is waging against us,” Lavrov said, rejecting European accusations that Russia’s strikes on cargo vessels carrying Western weapons to Ukraine amounted to a “hybrid covert war” by Moscow. Russia's use of force in Ukraine, he said, was strictly self-defense to elimintate threats.
他表示，俄罗斯在乌克兰使用武力完全是为了消除威胁的自卫行为。
“If you mean the destruction of infrastructure that is being used by the Nazi regime, with Western support, to wage war against the Russian Federation, then we are using force to suppress this direct threat to us,” he said.
他说：“如果你指的是摧毁纳粹政权在西方支持下用来对俄罗斯联邦发动战争的基础设施，那么我们使用武力是为了压制这一对我们的直接威胁。”美俄会谈 关于与美国的会谈计划，他表示会谈将于近期举行。
US-Russia talks On plans for talks with the US, he said they will take place soon. “We agreed with (US Secretary of State) Marco Rubio that this will happen. Experts should coordinate the specific dates and the specific place,” he noted.
他指出：“我们已与（美国国务卿）马可·鲁比奥商定此事将会发生。专家们应协调具体的日期和具体的地点。”
Lavrov cited the return of Russian diplomatic property seized by the US as one of the outstanding issues in Moscow-Washington relations.
拉夫罗夫提到，归还被美国扣押的俄罗斯外交财产是莫斯科与华盛顿关系中尚未解决的问题之一。
According to him, Russia received no encouraging signals from the administration of US President Donald Trump regarding its return.
据他透露，俄罗斯并未收到美国总统唐纳德·特朗普政府关于归还该财产的任何鼓励性信号。
“There have never been any encouraging comments from the Americans, already under the administration of Donald Trump, on this issue,” he said.
他说：“在唐纳德·特朗普政府治下，美国人在这件事上从未发表过任何令人鼓舞的言论。”
Lavrov acknowledged that the US is still seeking to advance its unilateral interests, but said Washington is nevertheless forced to engage with countries including Russia and China.
拉夫罗夫承认，美国仍在寻求推进其单边利益，但他也表示，华盛顿无论如何都不得不与包括俄罗斯和中国在内的国家进行接触。柏林害怕“赶不上末班车”在评论波兰生产“爱国者”导弹的计划以及欧洲对乌克兰冲突的介入时，拉夫罗夫敦促欧洲国家认真研究俄罗斯的军事学说。
Berlin scared of 'missing the train' Commenting on Poland’s plans to produce Patriot missiles and Europe’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict, Lavrov urged European countries to study Russia’s military doctrine.
谈到在纽约联合国大会期间与德国外交国务秘书约翰·瓦德普尔（Johann Wadephul）的会面时，拉夫罗夫表示，柏林可能正试图参与解决乌克兰冲突的努力，因为德国不想“错过这班车”。“我很难判断德国在追求什么。我认为一个显而易见的解释是，他们单纯不想错过这班车。他们认为这列火车已经开动了——我不知道这是否属实，我很难判断，如果他们指的是乌克兰危机的话，”他说。
Turning to his meeting with the German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Lavrov said Berlin may be seeking to become involved in efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict because it does not want to “miss the train.”“It is difficult for me to judge what Germany is seeking. I think one explanation that is obvious is simply the desire not to miss the train. They believe the train has already gained momentum — I don't know if that's true, it's hard for me to judge, if they mean the Ukrainian crisis,” he said.
当被问及与瓦德普尔会面的议程时，拉夫罗夫表示，这位德国官员谈到了“欧盟的军事化”，并继续呼吁北约扩张并接纳乌克兰，同时宣称“俄罗斯是永恒的敌人”以及“三年后我们将陷入战争”。“如果一直在重复这些陈词滥调，并且正如瓦德普尔先生自己所宣布的那样，其目的只是在闭门会议、没有媒体在场的情况下重复这些论调，好让俄罗斯以为这一切都是真的——那么这是一项徒劳的、我甚至要说是具有破坏性的举动，”他说。
Asked about the agenda for his meeting with Wadephul, Lavrov said the German minister spoke about the “militarization of the European Union,” continued calls for NATO to expand and admit Ukraine, and claims that “Russia is an eternal enemy” and that “in three years we will be at war.”“If such incantations are being voiced, and the goal, as Mr. Wadephul himself announced it, is simply to reproduce these incantations behind closed doors, without the press, so that Russia supposedly understands that this is all really the case — then this is a futile, and I would even say harmful, undertaking,” he said.
拉夫罗夫表示，一些欧盟和北约官员实际上充当了他所描述的欧洲立场的“代言人”，这“非常令人悲哀”。
Lavrov said it was “very sad” that some EU and NATO officials were effectively acting as “spokesmen” for what he described as the European position.