伊拉克当局已允许澳大利亚人罗伯特·佩瑟离开该国，外交部长彭·沃恩表示。
Iraqi authorities have let Australian man Robert Pether leave the country, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says.
佩瑟先生去年在服刑四年后获释，原判五年徒刑，但一直被禁止离开该国。沃恩参议员周一欢迎这一决定。
Mr Pether was released from jail last year after serving four years of a five-year sentence but was restricted from leaving the country. Senator Wong on Monday welcomed the decision.
“我在他离开巴格达之前不久与他通话，很高兴看到他现在可以继续前进他的生活并与家人团聚，”她说。
“I spoke to Mr Pether shortly before his departure from Baghdad and am pleased he is now free to move forward with his life and be reunited with his family,” she said.
“今天的结果是澳大利亚政府多年坚持不懈倡导的成果，包括在最高政府层面的努力，以及对佩瑟先生及其家人的持续领事协助。”
“Today’s outcome follows many years of persistent advocacy by the Australian government, including at the highest levels of government, and sustained consular assistance to Mr Pether and his family.”
佩瑟先生是一名工程师，当时正在巴格达为伊拉克中央银行设计项目，期间其雇主与伊拉克国家政府之间爆发合同纠纷。
Mr Pether, an engineer, was designing Iraq’s central bank in Baghdad when a contract dispute broke out between his employer and the national government.
该纠纷导致佩瑟先生及其埃及同事被判处五年监禁并处以数百万美元罚款，罪名为欺诈——两人均否认该指控。更多内容待续
The quarrel resulted in Mr Pether and an Egyptian colleague being sentenced to five years behind bars and fined millions of dollars on fraud charges – charges both men deny. More to come