
卡塔尔正在介入,以帮助黎巴嫩振兴其陷入困境的经济。卡塔尔总理宣布了计划,以修复黎巴嫩崩溃的电力部门,并支持该国南部未来的重建。
Qatar is stepping in to help Lebanon revive its struggling economy. Qatar's prime minister announced plans to rehabilitate Lebanon's crumbling electricity sector and support future reconstruction in the south.
贝鲁特 — — 卡塔尔将帮助黎巴嫩振兴其陷入困境的经济,包括通过修复其崩溃的电力部门以及支持该国南部未来的重建,卡塔尔总理周五表示。
BASSEM MROUE BEIRUT — Qatar will help Lebanon revive its struggling economy, including by rehabilitating its crumbling electricity sector and supporting the future reconstruction of the country’s south, the Qatari prime minister said Friday.
卡塔尔总理谢赫·穆罕默德·本·阿卜杜拉赫曼·阿勒萨尼在贝鲁特会见黎巴嫩总理纳瓦夫·萨拉姆之后表示,卡塔尔将继续支持黎巴嫩军队“作为一个维护国家安全、统一和稳定的国家机构”。
Qatar will continue to support the Lebanese army “as a national institution that safeguards the country’s security, unity and stability,” Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said after meeting in Beirut with his Lebanese counterpart Nawaf Salam.
多年来,卡塔尔一直是黎巴嫩的友好国家,也是该地区国内和国际政治危机的调解方。自黎巴嫩经济于2019年开始崩溃以来,卡塔尔也一直向黎巴嫩军队提供数千万美元的援助。
For years, Qatar has been a friendly country to Lebanon and a mediator for domestic and international political crises in the region. Qatar has also given tens of millions of dollars to the Lebanese army since Lebanon’s economic meltdown began in 2019.
卡塔尔官员表示,卡塔尔能源公司已与法国公司道达尔能源达成协议,将在黎巴嫩共同开发一个太阳能发电厂作为初步项目。他表示,目标是开发一个“将使黎巴嫩经济受益,同时也使参与其中的卡塔尔公司和实体受益”的重大投资项目。萨拉姆表示,他将很快将黎巴嫩电力部门的计划提交黎巴嫩内阁审议。
The Qatari official said that QatarEnergy has reached an agreement with French company TotalEnergies to jointly develop a solar power plant in Lebanon as an initial project. He said that the aim is to develop a major investment project “that would benefit the Lebanese economy, as well as the Qatari companies and entities participating in it.”Salam said that he will put the plans for Lebanon’s electricity sector to the Lebanese Cabinet soon.
“卡塔尔方面将在不给黎巴嫩国家造成任何成本的情况下提供资金、实施并启动该项目,”萨拉姆表示,并补充说,由于黎巴嫩的金融危机,此举非常重要。
“The Qatari side will fund, implement and activate the project without any cost on the Lebanese state,” Salam said, adding that such a move is important because of Lebanon’s financial crisis.
黎巴嫩国家电力公司是该国最大的债务来源之一,过去几十年因人员冗余和基础设施老化而亏损约400亿美元。该公司每天仅能提供几小时的电力,而在一年前之前,当柴油燃料耗尽时,国家曾从中央银行取得垫款。
Lebanon’s state electricity company is one of the country’s biggest sources of debt, hemorrhaging about $40 billion over the past decades with a bloated workforce and outdated infrastructure. The company provides only a few hours of electricity each day, and the state, until a year ago, had taken advances from the Central Bank when diesel fuel ran out.
当天早些时候,卡塔尔总理会见了黎巴嫩总统和议会议长,并与他们讨论了黎巴嫩南部的局势。以色列在今年早些时候的最新一轮以色列-真主党战争中夺取了该地区数十个村庄和城镇。过去几个月,以色列一直在其占领的村庄进行大规模拆除。最新一轮以色列-真主党战争始于今年3月初,真主党向以色列北部发射火箭弹,这发生在美国和以色列于2月28日开始对伊朗发动袭击两天后,伊朗是黎巴嫩该组织的主要支持者。
Earlier in the day, Qatar’s prime minister met with Lebanon’s president and parliamentary speaker and discussed with them the situation in southern Lebanon, where Israel captured dozens of villages and towns earlier this year during the latest Israel-Hezbollah war. Over the past several months, Israel has carried out large-scale demolitions in villages that its troops occupy The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel in early March, two days after the U.S. and Israel began attacking Iran, the Lebanese group’s main backer, on Feb. 28.
卡塔尔官员表示,以色列应从黎巴嫩撤军并停止在该国的袭击行动。他表示,卡塔尔正在美国的协调下开展工作,以帮助为黎巴嫩南部未来的重建奠定基础,使流离失所者能够返回家园。
The Qatari official said that Israel should withdraw from Lebanon and cease its attacks in the country. He said that Qatar is working in coordination with the United States to help lay the groundwork for future reconstruction in southern Lebanon, in a manner that would allow displaced people to return to their homes.
战争高峰时期,黎巴嫩约有120万人流离失所。自6月停火以来,大多数人已返回家园,但根据国际移民组织的数据,仍有超过30万人处于流离失所状态。
About 1.2 million people were displaced in Lebanon at the height of the war. Most have returned home since a June ceasefire, but more than 300,000 remain displaced, according to the International Organization for Migration.