雅典——美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥周三在对希腊首都进行正式访问期间表示，美国和希腊正在启动一项新的反恐信息共享项目。
ATHENS — The U.S. and Greece are launching a new counterterrorism information-sharing program, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday during an official visit to the Greek capital.
在与希腊外长乔治·耶拉派特里蒂斯举行的联合新闻发布会上，鲁比奥表示，希腊极易受到大规模移民、人口贩运以及不同形式恐怖主义所带来的威胁。
In a press conference alongside his Greek counterpart Giorgos Gerapetritis, Rubio said Greece was particularly exposed to threats posed by mass migration, human trafficking and different forms of terror.
他表示：“我们在任何情况下都不希望看到西方发源地受到错误决策、不作为以及未能应对挑战的威胁，”他称希腊是“强大的北约盟友典范”和“动荡世界中的稳定之源”。
“What we do not wish to see under any circumstances is that the birthplace of the West is threatened by bad decisions, by inaction, and by failure to address challenges,” he said, calling Greece a “strong and model NATO ally” and a “source of stability in an unstable world.”
耶拉派特里蒂斯表示，如果霍尔木兹海峡存在切实可行的和平进程，希腊愿意与美国合作并在该海峡提供海上援助。
Gerapetritis said Greece was willing to cooperate with the U.S. and provide maritime assistance in the Strait of Hormuz, if a viable peace process exists there.
周三晚些时候，鲁比奥将在雅典民主政治最重要的发源地之一——卫城下方的普尼克斯山发表演讲。
Later Wednesday, Rubio will deliver a speech from Pnyx Hill, beneath the Acropolis, one of the most important sites of Athenian democracy.
全球公共事务助理国务卿迪兰·约翰逊表示，鲁比奥将借此机会呼吁“重振西方精神”。
Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson said Rubio would use the opportunity to call for a “renewal of the Western spirit.”
鲁比奥的助手表示，鲁比奥将把美国人和欧洲人的共同遗产描述为延伸至“从雅典和罗马到基督教世界再到美利坚共和国的建立”，并警告称西方文明已经忘记了一些“本质品质”。
Rubio will describe the shared inheritance of Americans and Europeans as stretching “from Athens and Rome to Christendom to the founding of the American Republic” and warn that Western civilization has forgotten some of its “essential qualities,” Rubio’s aide said.
在美国参议员和希腊反对党对有关美国驻希腊大使金伯利·吉尔福伊尔曾威胁利用美国影响力推翻希腊政府的报道表示担忧后，这位外交政策负责人仍对她表示了支持。
The foreign policy chief stood by U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after U.S. senators and Greek opposition parties expressed concerns over reports that she had threatened to use U.S. influence to topple the Greek government.
鲁比奥在被问及吉尔福伊尔的行为是否符合国务院道德规范时表示：“简而言之，我们这里的使馆干得非常出色。我们的大马士革一直是一位强有力的大使。”
“Suffice it to say, our embassy here is doing a great job. Our ambassador has been a strong ambassador here,” Rubio said when asked whether Guilfoyle’s conduct is in compliance with State Department ethics.