黎巴嫩总统约瑟夫·奥恩周四表示，地区和国际形势的发展，以及以色列的选举，可能导致结束以色列对黎巴嫩战争的谈判进程放缓，但他强调，谈判并未停止。此消息来自黎巴嫩总统府的声明。
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Thursday that regional and international developments, along with Israeli elections, may have slowed negotiations to end Israel’s war against Lebanon, but stressed that the talks have not stopped, according to a statement from the Lebanese presidency.
奥恩在贝鲁特东部的巴布达总统宫殿接待来自卡斯利克圣灵大学新闻研究专业的三年级和硕士生代表团时发表了上述言论。
Aoun made the remarks while receiving a delegation of third-year and master’s students in media studies from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik at the Baabda presidential palace east of Beirut.
他表示，由黎巴嫩驻华盛顿大使纳达·穆阿瓦德领导的联系，以及美国政府的努力，仍在继续，以推动谈判进程向前发展。
He said contacts led by Lebanon’s Ambassador to Washington, Nada Mouawad, and the US administration continued in an effort to move the negotiating process forward.
他说：“战争与谈判之间没有第三种选择。如果有人有其他选择，请告诉我。” “战争通常只能以一方取得压倒性胜利迫使另一方投降，或者通过谈判来结束，”总统说。
“There is no third option between war and negotiations,” he said. “If anyone has another option, let them tell me.”“Wars usually end either with one side achieving an overwhelming victory that forces the other to surrender, or through negotiations,” said the president.
“我们正在努力实现的目标是停止战争，实现以色列撤军，拯救和重建南部地区，确俘获人员和流离失所者的返回，并防止战争扩散到黎巴嫩全境，”奥恩补充道。
“The goal we are working toward is to stop the war, achieve an Israeli withdrawal, save and rebuild the south, secure the return of prisoners and displaced people, and prevent the war from expanding to all Lebanese territory,” Aoun added.
他指出，如果没有谈判，以色列的袭击早已会达到贝鲁特和公共设施。
He argued that without negotiations, Israeli attacks would have reached Beirut and public facilities.
黎巴嫩与以色列的直接谈判于4月14日开始，首次会谈在美国华盛顿举行，由美国赞助。随后的谈判轮次涉及停火、撤军、边界、俘虏和失踪人员问题。
Direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel began April 14, with a US-sponsored meeting in Washington, with subsequent rounds addressing a ceasefire, withdrawal, borders, prisoners and missing persons.
6月26日，贝鲁特和特拉维夫在美国华盛顿签署了一份由美国赞助的“框架公式”，内容包括以色列逐步从黎巴嫩领土撤军，以及黎巴嫩军队在以色列军队撤离的地区部署。
On June 26, Beirut and Tel Aviv signed a US-sponsored “framework formula” in Washington providing for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory and the deployment of the Lebanese army in areas vacated by Israeli forces.
尽管达成了该协议，但以色列对南部黎巴嫩的袭击仍在继续。以色列仍然控制着南部的一些地区，其中一些地区已被占领数十年，另一些则是在最近的战争和军事行动中被夺取。
Despite the agreement, Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon have continued. Israel remains in control of areas in the south, some occupied for decades and others seized during recent wars and military operations.
自3月2日以来，以色列对黎巴嫩的袭击已造成至少4,386人死亡、12,413人受伤，并导致超过100万人流离失所，黎巴嫩当局如是称。
Since March 2, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 4,386 people, injured 12,413 and displaced more than 1 million, according to Lebanese authorities.
与此同时，奥恩强调了准确报道的重要性，并警告不要利用新闻业敲诈勒索他人或追求个人和财务利益。
Separately, Aoun stressed the importance of accurate reporting and warned against using journalism to blackmail people or pursue personal and financial interests.
他说：“媒体是一把既能建设也能毁灭的武器。”他敦促新闻学专业的学生坚持职业道德，不要利用自己的工作服务于私人利益。
“The media is a weapon that can build or destroy,” he said, urging journalism students to uphold professional ethics and not use their work to serve private interests.
奥恩表示，他仍然致力于言论和新闻自由，但补充道：“没有绝对的自由，因为那样就会变成混乱。”他表示，国家安全设定了自由的界限。
Aoun said he remained committed to freedom of expression and the press but added that “there is no absolute freedom, because then it turns into chaos,” saying national security sets the limits of freedom.
在国内事务方面，他呼吁将公共利益置于一切其他考虑之上，称黎巴嫩存在一个代表国家相反面的派系，因为一旦国家职能完全发挥作用，该派系的角色就会终结。
On domestic affairs, he urged placing the public interest above all other considerations, saying there is a Lebanese faction that represents the opposite of the state because its role would end once the state functions fully.
奥恩还提到了他所说的未获得足够媒体报道的成就，包括黎巴嫩通过的黎波里和贝鲁特港口加入印中欧经济走廊（IMEC）港口网络，以及划定与塞浦路斯的海上边界。
Aoun also cited achievements he said had not received sufficient media coverage, including Lebanon joining the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) ports network through the ports of Tripoli and Beirut, and demarcating the maritime border with Cyprus.
他说：“黎巴嫩去年实现了4%的经济增长，而财政部录得13亿美元的盈余，央行的外币储备增加了20亿美元。”他补充道：“今年原本预计增长将达到6%，但战争阻止了这一目标的实现。”
“Lebanon recorded 4% economic growth last year, while the Finance Ministry posted a $1.3 billion surplus and the central bank’s foreign currency holdings increased by $2 billion,” he said. “Growth had been projected at 6% this year, but the war prevented that.”
谈及油价上涨及其经济影响时，奥恩将涨价归因于海湾战争，并表示其影响正在全球范围内显现，此外还归因于他所说的“商人的贪婪”。他说：“国家正在尽最大努力减轻经济负担。”
Addressing higher oil prices and their economic effect, Aoun attributed the increase to the war in the Gulf, whose effects he said are being felt worldwide, as well as what he described as “traders’ greed.”“The state is working to ease the economic burden as much as possible,” said the president.
2月28日，美国和以色列对伊朗发动战争，造成数千人死亡。德黑兰以对以色列以及该地区国家的美国设施发动袭击作为回应。
On Feb. 28, the US and Israel launched a war on Iran that killed thousands. Tehran responded with attacks on Israel and US sites in countries in the region.
4月达成了停火协议，但随后在谈判陷入停滞的情况下，华盛顿对伊朗境内的目标发动了进一步的袭击。
A ceasefire was reached in April, but Washington later carried out further attacks on sites inside Iran amid stalled negotiations.