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欧洲代表在IMF峰会上集体离席,抗议俄罗斯财长发言European delegates walk out on Russian finance minister at IMF summit

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三位熟悉情况的消息人士称,周六,当俄罗斯财政部长安东·西卢诺夫用俄语对国际货币基金组织(IMF)指导委员会发表讲话时,许多代表走出了会议室。

Many delegates to the International Monetary Fund’s steering committee walked out of a meeting on Saturday when Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov addressed the group in Russian, three sources familiar with the matter said.

自2022年2月俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来,国际货币和金融委员会一直陷入动荡,多年来未能达成共识声明。本周在曼谷举行的IMF和世界银行年会上,分歧再次加深,因为美乌之间的紧张关系再次升温。

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has roiled the International Monetary and Financial Committee, preventing it from reaching consensus statements in the years since. There were deep divisions again at this week’s annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Bangkok, as new tensions flared between the US and Ukraine.

“许多代表团退出了会议,其中包括欧盟成员国的代表,”其中一位消息人士说。

“Many delegations walked out, including members of the European Union,” one of the sources said.

另一位在场的官员表示,当俄方官员开始发言时,近十名代表离开了会议室。丹麦、瑞典、芬兰、挪威、立陶宛、拉脱维亚和爱沙尼亚的代表都在离开之列,该官员称。

A second official in the room said nearly a dozen delegates left the room when the Russian official began speaking. Delegates from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were among those who left, the official said.

“乌克兰战争对我们欧洲而言是生死攸关的问题,”一位欧洲外交官说。“我们无法与俄罗斯恢复正常关系。”周四,德国警告不要努力让俄罗斯重返国际舞台,就在西卢诺夫参加二十国集团财长和央行行长会议仅一个多月之后。此前,美国曾在北卡罗来纳州阿什维尔举办了他自俄乌冲突爆发以来的首次线下二十国集团峰会出席。

“The Ukraine war is existential for us in Europe,” one European diplomat said. “We cannot normalise relations with Russia.”Germany on Thursday warned against efforts to bring Russia back on to the international stage after Siluanov attended a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers, just over a month after the US had hosted his first in-person G20 appearance since Russia invaded Ukraine, at a meeting in Asheville, North Carolina.

周五,在曼谷举行的国际货币基金组织和世界银行年会期间,代表们走过诗丽吉王后国家会议中心附近为阻止抗议者而设置的封锁集装箱。图片来源:路透社Delegates walk by blockade containers placed to deter protesters near the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre during the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok on Friday. Photo: Reuters

美国财政部副部长埃琳·布朗当天也表示,华盛顿作为二十国集团现任轮值主席国,尽管欧洲方面存在担忧,但仍支持俄罗斯的参与。

US Treasury Undersecretary Erin Browne said the same day that Washington, the current leader of the G20 nations, supported Russia’s presence despite European concerns.

“我们认为,如果你想解决一场危机,就需要进行开放的对话和交流,”她说。“如果没有人相互交谈,你就不可能进行……对话,也不可能实现冲突的解决。”

“We think it’s really important if you’re going to solve a crisis, you need to have open dialogue and open conversation,” she said. “And you can’t have … dialogue, and you can’t have resolution to conflict if no one’s talking to one another.”

乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基周五在欧盟峰会上发表讲话,抨击美国总统唐纳德·特朗普与俄罗斯的柴油交易,并欢迎欧洲盟友在和平谈判中发挥更大作用的前景。

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking at a European Union summit on Friday, blasted US President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia and welcomed the prospect of European allies stepping up their role in peace talks.

在特朗普再次批评乌克兰、称其对俄罗斯炼油厂的打击是“耻辱”之后,欧盟领导人纷纷力挺泽连斯基。

EU leaders rallied around Zelensky after Trump again criticised Ukraine, calling its strikes on Russian refineries a “disgrace”.

欧盟接待泽连斯基之际,正值乌克兰面临最艰难的时刻之一,导弹和无人机如雨点般落向乌克兰城市,人们也担心美国可能会撤回对基辅的情报共享和武器支持。

The EU was hosting Zelensky at one of the most difficult moments for Ukraine, with missiles and drones raining down on Ukrainian cities and fears that the US could pull back intelligence sharing and weapons support from Kyiv.