
美国国务卿马可·卢比奥已抵达冰岛雷克雅未克,开始其四天欧洲之行的第一站,期间他还将访问希腊和葡萄牙。
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the first leg of a four-day European tour in which he will also visit Greece and Portugal.
根据美国国务院的一份声明,周一他与冰岛官员会谈的议程首要任务是“经济与安全合作”。
“Economic and security collaboration” top the agenda for his talks on Monday with Icelandic officials, according to a statement from the Department of State.
在启程前,他告诉记者,他不会将美国从英国费尔福基地撤走B-1轰炸机的决定直接与上周发生的事件联系起来。
Ahead of his departure, he told reporters he would not directly tie the United States’ decision to remove its B-1 bombers from the British base of Fairford to last week’s incident.
卢比奥对记者表示:“我不会直接将此事与所做出的调动联系起来,”并补充说“战争部一直在根据需要重新调配资源”。卢比奥坚信所有美国基地的安全,并赞扬了英国当局的合作。
“I wouldn’t just directly tie that to the move that was made,” Rubio told reporters, adding that “the Department of War is constantly reallocating resources where they need to be”. Rubio asserted confidence in the security of all US bases and praised United Kingdom authorities’ cooperation.
五名英国男子在英国费尔福空军基地附近因涉嫌筹备“恐怖主义行为”被捕,随后获准保释。第六名男子是一名在伦敦单独被捕的英国与伊朗双重国籍人员,也已获准保释。
Five British men were arrested near the British airbase at Fairford on suspicion of preparing “terrorist acts”, and were later released on bail. A sixth man, a dual UK-Iranian national arrested separately in London, has also been released on bail.
B-1轰炸机已被运回美国。这些轰炸机此前曾用于对伊朗的打击。
B-1 bombers were returned to the US. They had been used for strikes on Iran.
然而,一位北约军事消息人士表示:“外界依然认为伊朗对美国在英国的资产构成了严重威胁”。
A NATO military source had, however, said: “It is still believed that Iran poses an acute threat to US assets in the UK”.
伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队此前曾表示费尔福基地是合法的打击目标,但德黑兰否认与上周的事件有任何关联。
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards previously said the Fairford base was a legitimate target, but Tehran denied any links to last week’s incident.
卢比奥还将访问希腊,率领美国代表团出席第六次美希战略对话,重点讨论国防合作以及地区和能源安全,并将在里斯本结束其行程,届时他将讨论国防、经济和技术合作。
Rubio is also visiting Greece to lead the US delegation for the sixth US-Greece Strategic Dialogue, focusing on defence cooperation and regional and energy security, and will wrap up his tour in Lisbon, where he will discuss defence, economic and technology cooperation.