瑞士正式重开驻朝鲜外交办事处，外长伊格纳齐奥·卡西斯在平壤举行会谈，探讨两国政治关系正常化问题。
Switzerland has formally reopened its diplomatic office in North Korea as Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis held talks in Pyongyang about normalising political relations between the two countries.
卡西斯周五结束为期两天的访朝行程——这是瑞士政府部长20多年来首次访朝——他在社交媒体上写道，双方讨论了“使政治关系常态化并重建政治对话”。卡西斯同时也是瑞士副总统，他会见了朝鲜外相崔善姬和朝鲜劳动党中央委员会书记赵勇元。
On Friday Cassis wrapped up a two-day visit to North Korea – the first by a Swiss government minister in more than two decades – in which he discussed “regularising political relations and reestablishing a political dialogue”, he wrote on Cassis, who is also Switzerland’s vice president, met Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and Jo Yong Won, a secretary of the Central Committee of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party.
他在社交媒体上补充道：“我们还就朝鲜半岛安全以及更广泛的欧亚安全挑战交换了意见。”
“We also exchanged views on security on the Korean Peninsula and broader Eurasian security challenges,” he added on After the formal reopening of the Swiss diplomatic office on Thursday, Cassis posted that he was “pleased” to mark a “new chapter” in his country’s presence in Pyongyang, hailing the office as a “concrete step towards strengthening direct dialogue” with North Korea.
瑞士外交办事处于周四正式重开后，卡西斯发文表示“欣慰”地迎来瑞士在平壤驻在机构的“新篇章”，称该办事处是“加强与朝鲜直接对话的具体步骤”。
The office, operational since October 19, will not have an ambassador. It reports to the Swiss embassy in Beijing, which handles diplomatic and consular relations with North Korea. The office had closed in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
该办事处自10月19日起开始运作，不设大使，向驻北京的瑞士大使馆汇报，由后者负责与朝鲜的外交和领事关系。该办事处曾于2020年3月因新冠疫情关闭。
“This office will help to strengthen direct contacts with the authorities of the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] and support political dialogue with them,” the Swiss Foreign Ministry said.
瑞士外交部表示：“该办事处将有助于加强与朝鲜民主主义人民共和国（DPRK）当局的直接联系，并支持与其开展政治对话。”
North Korea’s state news agency KCNA confirmed Cassis’s arrival in the country on Thursday but gave no details on the purpose of the visit. It had not been known beforehand whether he would meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and there has been no report of a meeting.
朝鲜官方通讯社朝中社确认卡西斯周四抵达朝鲜，但未透露访问目的。此前外界并不知晓他是否会见朝鲜领导人金正恩，目前也没有关于会晤的报道。
Bern said it intended to maintain its commitment to the region amid heightened tensions and limited international contact with North Korea, having been one of the few Western countries to keep up a dialogue with Pyongyang.
伯尔尼表示，在紧张局势升级、国际社会与朝鲜接触有限的背景下，瑞士作为少数保持与平壤对话的西方国家之一，打算维持其对该地区的承诺。
The last Swiss Federal Council member to visit was then-Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, in 2003.
上一位访问的瑞士联邦委员会成员是时任外交部长米歇琳·卡尔米-雷，那是在2003年。卡西斯周五进入韩国，开始其地区之行的最后一站。
Cassis crossed into South Korea on Friday for the final leg of his regional trip.
据瑞士外交部称，他在首尔的会谈将聚焦半岛安全、缓和地区紧张局势的前景以及双边关系。
According to the Swiss foreign ministry, his talks in Seoul will focus on security on the peninsula, prospects for easing regional tensions and bilateral ties.
瑞士在朝鲜半岛的参与可追溯至70多年前，包括其在中立国监督委员会中的角色。
Switzerland’s involvement on the Korean Peninsula dates back more than 70 years, including its role on the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission.
同样在韩国，德国总理弗里德里希·默茨在访问朝韩边境时援引了德国的统一。“让我们希望朝鲜也能有一天有机会重获国家统一，”他说。
Also in South Korea, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz invoked his country’s reunification during a visit to the inter-Korean border. “Let us hope that Korea, too, will one day have the chance to regain its national unity,” he said.