东京讯——东南亚国家联盟秘书长高金洪表示，东盟成员国应考虑为该地区建立石油储备，以应对供应短缺和燃油价格上涨。
TOKYO -- Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations should consider establishing a petroleum reserve for the region to manage supply shortages and rising fuel prices, Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn said.
高金洪在最近接受《日经新闻》采访时表示，成员国对中东能源危机作出了“各自的应对”，但也出现了“试图协调共同合作”的情况。
Member states have made "individual responses" to the Middle East energy crisis, but there have also been "attempts to coordinate to work together," Kao Kim Hourn told Nikkei in a recent interview.
这位秘书长说：“我认为，由东盟能源部长和政策领导人决定东盟应如何在区域储备方面开展合作。”他指出，这一议题将“继续是一个非常重要的优先事项”，供即将召开的东盟峰会讨论。
"I think it would be up to the ASEAN energy ministers and the policy leaders to decide how ASEAN should work together" on regional stockpiling, the secretary-general said, noting that this topic will "remain a very important priority" for discussion at the upcoming ASEAN summit.
这个东南亚集团定于周日起在马尼拉举行会议，届时将汇聚其成员国领导人以及包括日本、中国和韩国在内的其他国家领导人。
The Southeast Asian bloc is set to hold meetings starting Sunday in Manila, bringing together leaders from its member states and other countries, including Japan, China and South Korea.
伊朗战争及其对全球油气贸易的冲击，凸显了东盟经济体在能源采购方面面临的挑战。
The Iran war and its disruption of the global oil and gas trade has underscored ASEAN economies' energy procurement challenges.
“多元化是一项重要战略，”自2023年起担任东盟秘书长的柬埔寨外交官高金洪说。“我们可以确保最佳的能源供应选择”，并“保障可负担性、可靠性和质量。”他补充道：“我们必须确定优先次序，因为存在相互竞争的优先事项，”并援引了同样依赖天然气作为原料和能源的粮食安全和化肥问题。
"Diversification is an important strategy," said Kao Kim Hourn, a Cambodian diplomat who has served as ASEAN secretary-general since 2023. "We can secure the best energy supply options" and "ensure affordability, reliability, quality." "We have to prioritize because there are competing priorities," he added, citing food security and fertilizers, which also rely on natural gas as a feedstock and energy source.
另一个挑战是保障该地区的电力供应。他表示，东盟电力网的规划“现在非常接近”完成。
Another challenge is securing electricity in the region. Planning for the ASEAN Power Grid is "very close now" to completion, he said.
“这是一项巨大的投资。东盟一直在与感兴趣的各方合作，不仅仅是政府或国际金融机构，”他说，并补充道，“我们也欢迎私营部门的投资。”尽管面临能源危机，但由于能源结构涵盖太阳能、风能、水能和生物质能，东盟国家一直能够保持电价稳定，他说。高金洪补充说，一些国家正在将核能视为一种长期选择。
"It is a big investment. ASEAN has been working with interested parties, not just governments or international financial institutions," he said, adding that "we welcome even investment from the private sector as well." Despite the energy crisis, ASEAN nations have been able to keep electricity prices stable because of their energy mixes, which span solar and wind to hydropower and biomass, he said. Some nations are looking at nuclear energy as a long-term option, Kao Kim Hourn added.
当被问及核能如何与《东南亚无核武器区条约》相协调时，他说：“我们从未放弃和平利用核能，原因有很多，无论是为了能源、农业、医疗用途，所有这些都是被允许的。”他还强调，东盟国家“不生产核武器”，也不“拥有”核武器，并且“东盟关乎如何捍卫这一议程，如何预防冲突或推进冲突预防。”东盟拥有马六甲海峡，这是一条至关重要的海上走廊。该水道的任何关闭都将对全球经济造成重大损害。
Asked how nuclear energy can be squared with the Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, he said "we never gave up on our peaceful use of nuclear energy, for many reasons, whether for energy, for farming, for medical reasons, all that. These are allowed." He also emphasized that ASEAN states "don't produce nuclear weapons" or "possess" them, and that "ASEAN is about how to defend this agenda, how to prevent or move on conflict prevention." ASEAN is home to the Strait of Malacca, a vital maritime corridor. Any closure of this waterway would cause significant damage to the global economy.
“保持一切完全开放非常重要，”高金洪说，指的是连接东亚和南亚的海上航道。东盟“相信开放的、基于规则的国际贸易体系，并尊重国际法。”
"It is important to keep everything completely open," Kao Kim Hourn said, referring to sea lanes connecting East Asia and South Asia. ASEAN "believes in an open, rule-based international trading system and respect for international law."
东盟应继续努力，“保持我们的地区完全开放、安全、稳固，当然还有稳定。”
ASEAN should continue to work to "keep our region completely open, safe, secure, of course, and stable."
在谈到与东京的合作时，他说“东盟和日本正在探索扩大‘东盟-日本全面经济伙伴关系’”，领域包括“绿色经济、供应链韧性、知识产权和工业合作”，寻求“尽快于2027年启动谈判”。他说，其他潜在合作领域包括“半导体和先进电子、人工智能和分析技术、关键矿产、先进制造、太空和清洁能源，当然还有脱碳技术”。
Speaking on cooperation with Tokyo, he said "ASEAN and Japan are exploring an expansion of the ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership" in areas such as "green economies, supply chain resilience, intellectual property, and industrial cooperation," seeking to start negotiations "as soon as possible in 2027." Other potential areas of cooperation include "semiconductors and advanced electronics, artificial intelligence and analytical technologies, critical minerals, advanced manufacturing, space and clean energy, and certainly decarbonization technologies," he said.
这位秘书长说，东盟将于2027年迎来成立60周年，提供“一个快速增长的市场，以及一支年轻且技能日益提升的劳动力队伍”。他说，东盟寻求加强其“生产能力，深化区域价值链”，以发展“投资、创新和工业增长新机遇的坚实基础”。
ASEAN, which marks its 60th anniversary in 2027, offers "a fast growing market, and a young and increasingly skilled workforce," the secretary-general said. ASEAN seeks to strengthen its "productive capabilities and deepen regional value chains" to develop "a solid base for new opportunities in investment, innovation, and in industrial growth," he said.