国务卿马可·卢比奥称赞希腊增加了国防开支，同时表示该国需要解决“大规模移民”问题。国务卿马可·卢比奥周三在希腊发表讲话时强调，正如特朗普总统所要求的那样，美国在欧洲的盟友需要增加军费开支，他借此机会强调了这一问题，并呼吁加强合作以限制移民。
Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Greece for spending more on defense, while saying it needs to address “mass migration.”Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed the need for American allies in Europe to increase their military spending as President Trump has demanded, using remarks in Greece on Wednesday to highlight that issue and also call for cooperation to restrict migration.
卢比奥在欧洲之行的雅典站发表上述言论之际，政府官员一直在讨论如何惩罚那些未能满足特朗普关于国防开支至少占其年度国内生产总值5%要求的北约成员国。与此同时，一些美国官员赞扬了那些正试图迅速增加此类开支的欧洲国家。
Mr. Rubio’s remarks on the Athens stop of a European tour come as administration officials have been discussing how to punish NATO members that do not meet Mr. Trump’s demands to spend at least 5 percent of their annual gross domestic product on defense. At the same time, some U.S. officials have praised European nations that are trying to increase such spending quickly.
周三在雅典与希腊外长乔治·耶拉派特里蒂斯共同出席新闻发布会时，卢比奥在开场白中采取了这种基调。
That was the tack Mr. Rubio took in his opening remarks at a news conference in Athens on Wednesday alongside George Gerapetritis, the Greek foreign minister.
卢比奥在与耶拉派特里蒂斯举行闭门会谈后对记者说：“例如，我们达成一致的一点是，欧洲国家需要承担更多保卫其大陆的责任，而希腊正在这样做。”他补充说，希腊的国防预算有望达到特朗普设定的5%的基准。N希腊一直是美国长期的国防和安全盟友，并允许美军以及其他北约成员国在其领土上的基地开展一系列行动。一些希腊政治人物，尤其是来自左翼政党和团体的人物，批评了两国之间的军事联系。
“One thing we agree on, for example, is that the nations of Europe need to take on a greater share of the burden defending their continent, and Greece is doing just that,” Mr. Rubio told reporters after a closed-door meeting with Mr. Gerapetritis. He added that Greece was on track to have its defense budget reach the 5 percent benchmark set by Mr. Trump. Greece has been a longtime defense and security ally of the United States, and lets the American military as well as other NATO member nations use sites on its territory for a range of operations. Some Greek political figures, especially those from left-wing parties and groups, have criticized the military ties between the two nations.