
沙特阿拉伯、土耳其和巴基斯坦的高级官员周一在德黑兰与伊朗举行会谈,试图阻止中东战争重燃。
Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan held talks with Iran in Tehran on Monday in an attempt to stop the Middle East war from reigniting.
沙特外交部的一份声明称,这三个麦加公约国家的官员飞往伊朗,是为“缓和当前危机各方之间的关系”所作努力的一部分。
Officials from the three Mecca pact countries flew to Iran as part of efforts to “de-escalate between the parties to the current crisis”, a Saudi foreign ministry statement said.
会谈包括沙特国防部长哈立德·本·萨尔曼王子等重量级官员,此前美国、伊朗和以色列曾警告称,这场持续八个月的战争中的敌对行动可能重新开始。
The talks, which included heavyweight Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, followed warnings by the United States, Iran and Israel that hostilities could restart in the eight-month war.
这是巴基斯坦、沙特阿拉伯和土耳其自八月在沙特阿拉伯西部圣城麦加组建防御联盟以来,首次共同访问德黑兰。
It was the first joint visit to Tehran by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey since they formed a defence alliance in Mecca, the holy city in western Saudi Arabia, in August.
代表团会见了伊朗总统马苏德·佩泽什基扬和外交部长阿巴斯·阿拉格齐。会谈结束时没有发布具体公告,各方表示“同意继续讨论”,据伊朗国家媒体报道。
The delegations met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The meeting ended without concrete announcements, with the various parties saying they “agreed to continue discussions” according to Iranian state media.
在以色列周二的关键选举以及下周美国中期选举之前,地区紧张局势有所升温,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的共和党正在努力保持对美国国会两院的控制权。
Regional tensions have risen ahead of Israel’s pivotal elections on Tuesday and next week’s US midterms, where US President Donald Trump’s Republicans are battling to keep control of both chambers of the US Congress.
德黑兰会谈开始时,联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯表示,必须“阻止中东任何升级”。
As the talks in Tehran began, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said it was “essential to stop any escalation” in the Middle East.
“必须不惜一切代价避免出现对伊朗发动压倒性军事打击,以及伊朗对海湾国家发动压倒性军事打击相结合的风险,”他在开罗的一次新闻发布会上说。
“The risk to have the combination of an overwhelming military attack on Iran, and an overwhelming military attack by Iran on the countries of the Gulf, needs to be avoided at all costs,” he told a press conference in Cairo.
一位高级伊朗官员早些时候告诉国家电视台,哈立德王子、巴基斯坦强大的陆军总参谋长阿西姆·穆尼尔将军以及土耳其情报部门负责人易卜拉欣·卡林计划会见伊朗安全负责人穆辛·礼萨伊。
Prince Khalid, Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin were set to meet Iran’s security head Mohsen Rezaei, a senior Iranian official told state television earlier.
“德黑兰的这次历史性会晤,可能是局势升级失控前的最后机会,是在为时已晚之前试图强行推行一条缓和之路,”沙特安全分析师兼研究员赫沙姆·阿尔加纳姆在社交媒体上发文称。
“This historic meeting in Tehran may be the last chance before escalation spirals out of control, an attempt to impose a path of de-escalation before it’s too late,” Hesham Alghannam, a Saudi security analyst and researcher, posted on social media.
周日深夜,利雅得再次遭遇爆炸袭击,此前该市已连续数周遭受伊朗支持的胡塞武装袭击,胡塞武装周日宣称对沙特首都国际机场发动了新一轮袭击。
Fresh explosions rattled Riyadh overnight, which has suffered weeks of attacks from the Iran-backed Houthis, after the group claimed a new attack on the Saudi capital’s international airport on Sunday.
沙特领导的也门联盟随后报告称,在沙特南部和利雅得地区拦截了三架胡塞武装发射的无人机。
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen later reported intercepting three Houthi-launched drones over southern Saudi Arabia and the Riyadh region.
针对连续数周的袭击,埃及议会批准了总统阿卜杜勒-法塔赫·塞西的请求,同意在沙特“提出请求时”提供防御性军事支持。
Responding to the weeks of attacks, Egypt’s parliament approved President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi’s request to approve defensive military support for Saudi Arabia “if requested”.
埃及拥有阿拉伯世界规模最大的军队,拥有数十万现役人员、战斗机和防空系统,装备来源包括美国、中国、法国和俄罗斯。目前尚不清楚具体提供何种支持。
Egypt has the Arab world’s largest military, with hundreds of thousands of active personnel, fighter jets and air defences sourced from countries including the US, China, France and Russia. It was not clear exactly what support was on offer.
美国和伊朗的斡旋工作由卡塔尔和巴基斯坦牵头。伊朗外交部发言人埃斯梅尔·巴加伊表示,一个卡塔尔代表团周日访问了德黑兰。
US-Iran mediation efforts have been led by Qatar and Pakistan. A Qatari delegation visited Tehran on Sunday, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said.
总部位于伦敦的风险咨询公司MENA analytica的安德烈亚斯·克里格表示,哈立德王子出现在德黑兰“极具意义”,称他是“沙特阿拉伯的战略智囊”。
Andreas Krieg of the London-based risk consultancy MENA analytica said Prince Khalid’s presence in Tehran was “hugely significant”, calling him the “strategic mastermind of Saudi Arabia”.
哈立德王子是实际统治者穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼王储的兄弟,已成为沙特阿拉伯关键的外交对话人,多次被派往执行敏感的地区任务。
Prince Khalid, brother of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler, has emerged as one of Saudi Arabia’s key diplomatic interlocutors, repeatedly dispatched on sensitive regional missions.
“他的高级别和与沙特领导层的亲近关系释放了强烈信号,”亲政府的沙特分析师阿里·希哈比在社交媒体上发文称。
“His seniority and proximity to the Saudi leadership send a powerful signal,” Ali Shihabi, a Saudi analyst who is close to the government, posted on social media.
“利雅得正在对话伊朗投入巨大的政治资本,旨在遏制局势升级,开辟一条可信的外交出路。” 近期的言论加剧了关于冲突重燃的猜测。
“Riyadh is investing serious political capital in dialogue with Iran, seeking to contain escalation and create a credible diplomatic path out of the crisis.”Recent comments have heightened speculation about renewed conflict.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周五表示,华盛顿“可能会再搞一次小型的‘史诗狂怒’行动”,指的是美以针对伊朗的行动,该行动始于2月28日。
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington “may do another little Epic Fury”, referring to the US-Israeli campaign against Iran that began on February 28.
周日,以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡警告称,伊朗可能试图干扰以色列大选,他在大选中正与对手展开势均力敌的角逐以保住权位。
On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran may try to disrupt the Israeli elections, where he is in a neck-and-neck race to stay in power.
“我们掌握情报迹象表明,我们的敌人伊朗及其代理人可能会发动袭击来挑战我们,以干扰大选,”面临周二大选的内塔尼亚胡在其办公室发布的一段视频中说。
“We have intelligence signs that our enemies, Iran and its proxies, could challenge us with attacks in order to disrupt the elections,” Netanyahu, who faces an election on Tuesday, said in a video released by his office.
以色列第12频道援引未具名消息人士报道称,内塔尼亚胡与陆军参谋长埃亚尔·扎米尔就针对伊朗战争中一项未具体说明的新指令发生对峙,内塔尼亚胡予以否认。这些言论是在该报道公布之际发表的。
The remarks came as Israel’s Channel 12, citing unnamed sources, reported a confrontation between Netanyahu and army chief Eyal Zamir over an unspecified new directive in the war with Iran, which the premier denied.