美国国务卿马科·鲁比奥正在葡萄牙访问，结束对北约盟友的一场访问之旅。他星期四抵达里斯本，此前在雅典发表讲话，呼吁保护西方文明。
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Portugal, wrapping up a tour of NATO allies. He arrived in Lisbon on Thursday after speaking in Athens about preserving Western civilization.
马修·李，巴里·哈顿 里斯本，葡萄牙 — 美国国务卿马科·鲁比奥正在葡萄牙进行对北约盟友的三国访问之旅的最后一站。
MATTHEW LEE, BARRY HATTON LISBON, Portugal — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Portugal on the last leg of a three-nation tour of NATO allies.
鲁比奥星期四抵达里斯本，这是他返回华盛顿途中的一次短暂停留。他于前一天在希腊首都雅典发表讲话，敦促欧洲国家通过维护古希腊的价值观和传统来拯救西方文明。
Rubio arrived in Lisbon on Thursday for a brief stop on his return to Washington, a day after delivering a speech in the Greek capital of Athens urging European countries to save Western civilization by upholding the values and traditions of ancient Greece.
鲁比奥此次访问从冰岛开始，预计将感谢葡萄牙官员支持美国在伊朗战争中的行动，允许美国使用位于葡萄牙大西洋中部的亚齐尔群岛的拉杰斯机场，这是一个战略上适合军用加油飞行的基地。
Rubio, who began his trip in Iceland is expected to thank Portuguese officials for supporting U.S. operations in the Iran war by allowing the U.S. to use the Lajes Field air base in Portugal’s mid-Atlantic Azores islands, which is strategically located for military refueling flights.
美国空军长期以来在该地拥有一个基地，依据与葡萄牙的协议。与邻国西班牙不同，西班牙的社会主义领导人佩德罗·桑切斯拒绝允许美军使用西班牙的基地来策划针对伊朗的攻击行动，葡萄牙的右中央政府则授予华盛顿“有条件的批准”使用拉杰斯机场。
The U.S. Air Force has long had a base there under an agreement with Portugal. Unlike neighboring Spain, where Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez refused to allow the American military to use Spanish bases to stage operations for attacks on Iran, Portugal’s center-right government granted Washington “conditional approval” to use Lajes Field.
“葡萄牙是一个伟大的盟友，非常 cooperative 的盟友，是一个我们已经建立起牢固且不断发展的关系的国家。我们之所以访问这些国家，就是为了加强这些关系，”鲁比奥在离开雅典之前说道。“这就是此行的目的。”西班牙的立场激怒了总统唐纳德·特朗普，他多次公开表达了对该国政府以及他认为对其政策支持不足的其他欧洲国家的愤怒。
“Portugal is a great ally, very cooperative ally of the United States and a country with which we already have a solid and growing relationship. And we visit these countries in order to reinforce those ties,” Rubio said before departing Athens. “That’s the purpose of the trip.”Spain’s position infuriated President Donald Trump, who has fumed publicly on numerous occasions about its government and other European countries he deems insufficiently supportive of his administration’s policies.
葡萄牙外交部长保罗·兰热表示，这次批准不包括违反国际法的敌对行动。政府成员表示，葡萄牙正在履行美国盟友的职责。
Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said the approval didn’t include hostile actions that go against international law. Members of the government said Portugal was performing the duties of a U.S. ally.
一些葡萄牙政党对这一举措表示反对。在左翼小党“左翼阵线”提出正式投诉后，葡萄牙总检察长办公室上周表示，正在调查拉热斯空军基地的使用是否合法。
Some Portuguese political parties balked at the move. Following a formal complaint by a small left-wing political party called Left Bloc, the country’s attorney general’s office said last week it is looking into whether the use of the Lajes Field base was lawful.
作为北约和欧盟中规模最小的成员国之一，葡萄牙希望积极发展与大国的关系。
As one of the smallest members of NATO and the European Union, Portugal is keen to cultivate its relations with bigger countries.
根据北约数据，葡萄牙人口不足1100万，国防开支仅占国内生产总值的略高于2%。政府表示，计划将国防开支提高至约3%，其中包括对民用基础设施的军民两用投资。北约称，葡萄牙拥有约2.5万名军事人员。
Portugal, a country of fewer than 11 million people, spends just over 2% of its GDP on defense, according to NATO. The government says it plans to increase defense spending to around 3%, including dual-use investments in civilian infrastructure. Portugal has around 25,000 military personnel, the alliance says.
鲁比奥在希腊表示：“我要求我们的盟友保持强大。我们希望看到一个强大的欧洲。”拉热斯空军基地在二战期间首次被美国使用。战后，里斯本和华盛顿签署了一项正式协议，允许美国空军使用该基地，该基地拥有长跑道，可容纳重型军用飞机。
“I’m asking our allies to be strong,” Rubio said in Greece. “We want a strong Europe.”Lajes Field was first used by the United States in World War II. After the war, Lisbon and Washington signed a formal agreement for the Air Force’s use of the base, which has a long runway to cater for heavy military aircraft.
冷战结束后，该基地的规模有所缩减，目前主要承担跨大西洋军事航班的加油任务。
The base was scaled back after the end of the Cold War and now mostly handles the refueling of trans-Atlantic military flights.
此前葡萄牙的中右翼政府也曾支持美国在阿富汗和伊拉克的军事行动。
A previous Portuguese center-right government also supported U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq.