
欧洲理事会主席安东尼奥·科斯塔周五表示,布鲁塞尔将派遣欧盟及包括英国、法国、德国、意大利和波兰在内的五个国家的外交官,前往即将举行的乌克兰会谈。欧洲领导人担心,由美国支持的进程会将他们边缘化,并且不信任美国总统唐纳德·特朗普能代表他们进行谈判。
European Council President Antonio Costa on Friday said that Brussels will send diplomats from the bloc and five countries, including the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Poland, to upcoming Ukraine talks. European leaders are concerned that a US-backed process will leave them sidelined, and they distrust US President Donald Trump to negotiate on their behalf.
欧洲将派出一个由欧盟和五个单独国家的外交官组成的团队,参加下一轮乌克兰会谈,一位欧盟高级官员周五表示。此前,一场聚焦如何避免被排除在美国主导的结束近五年战争的谈判之外的峰会刚刚结束。
Europe will send a team of diplomats from the European Union and five individual countries to the next round of Ukraine talks, a top EU official said Friday, following a summit focused on how to avoid being shut out of US-led negotiations on ending the nearly five-year war. European Council President Antonio Costa said the continent will be represented by officials from the 27-nation EU bloc and five members of the “Coalition of the Willing” that backs Ukraine: the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Poland.
欧洲理事会主席安东尼奥·科斯塔表示,欧洲将由27个成员国组成的欧盟集团以及支持乌克兰的“自愿联盟”五个成员国的官员代表,这五个国家是:英国、法国、德国、意大利和波兰。
“We need to integrate all of us. And for this it's essential to have a team and to speak with only one voice,” Costa said.
“我们需要将所有人整合在一起。为此,拥有一个团队并只用一个声音说话至关重要,”科斯塔说。
European leaders have been concerned that a US-backed process will leave them sidelined and Kyiv vulnerable as Moscow and Washington decide the fate of a conflict that has roiled the continent.
欧洲领导人一直担心,由美国支持的进程会将他们边缘化,并使基辅处于脆弱境地,因为莫斯科和华盛顿正在决定一场动荡欧洲大陆的冲突的命运。
Ukraine is eager for support from its European allies.
乌克兰渴望得到欧洲盟友的支持。它不愿将会谈完全交由一个经常似乎倾向于莫斯科观点的美国政府处理。另一方面,俄罗斯不希望欧洲国家参与直接谈判,抱怨它们正在为乌克兰的军事行动提供资金和武器。
It's reluctant to leave the talks solely in the hands of a US administration that has often seemed to lean toward Moscow’s views. Russia, for its part, does not want European countries involved in direct negotiations, complaining they are financing and supplying Ukraine’s military effort. European leaders also distrust US President Donald Trump to negotiate on their behalf after a series of tense standoffs over trade, Greenland and conflicts in Iran and Ukraine.
在一系列关于贸易、格陵兰以及伊朗和乌克兰冲突的紧张对峙之后,欧洲领导人也不信任美国总统唐纳德·特朗普能代表他们进行谈判。
“Without Europeans, there is no support for Ukraine,” French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday at a meeting of the European Political Community in Dublin.
“没有欧洲人,就没有对乌克兰的支持,”法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙周四在都柏林举行的欧洲政治共同体会议上表示。“美国的支持也不再存在。”“最终,作为欧洲人,我们将是定义和决定我们未来安全的人,”他说。“他们将有发言权”欧洲领导人担心,俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京会敦促特朗普支持一项不仅削弱乌克兰,还会削弱更广泛的欧洲安全的和平协议。普京要求北约部队从俄罗斯边境撤出,并且不得在乌克兰部署欧洲部队。
“There is no more US support.”“At the end of the day, we will be the ones to define and decide for our future security as Europeans,” he said. 'They will have a voice' European leaders fear Russian President Vladimir Putin will press Trump to back a peace settlement that weakens not just Ukraine but broader European security. Putin has demanded NATO troops be pulled back from Russia’s borders and that no European forces be deployed in Ukraine.
当华盛顿、莫斯科和基辅的特使本周在阿布扎比会晤时,包括英国、法国和德国在内的几个欧洲国家参加了附近的讨论,但未参加主要会谈。
As envoys from Washington, Moscow and Kyiv met this week in Abu Dhabi, several European countries, including the UK, France and Germany, attended discussions nearby, but not the main talks.
美国特使贾里德·库什纳和乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基周四晚在都柏林会晤后表示,欧洲将参与下一轮会谈。泽连斯基表示,欧洲将派出谈判团队,并补充说“他们将有发言权”。
US envoy Jared Kushner and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after they met in Dublin late Thursday that Europe would be part of the next round of talks. Zelensky said Europe would send a negotiating team, adding that “they will have a voice".
“如果没有欧洲人坐在谈判桌旁,我们无法达成这项协议,”库什纳说,并补充说普京“愿意试一试”。团结但并非统一的欧洲领导人一致希望获得谈判席位。但他们在欧洲应由一个人代表——正如俄罗斯要求的,且美国表示更倾向于此——还是由一个团队代表的问题上存在争执,最终选择了后者。
“We cannot conclude this deal without the Europeans being at the table,” Kushner said, adding that Putin was “willing to give it a try.”United but not unified European leaders are united in wanting a place at the table. But they have tussled over whether Europe should be represented by one person — as Russia has demanded and the US suggested it would prefer — or a team, ultimately opting for the latter.
克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫周四表示,“欧洲人像罐子里的蜘蛛一样争吵不休”,他们应该指定一名代表。
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that “the Europeans squabble like spiders in a jar” and that they should name a representative.
支持派出单一特使的人,例如意大利总理乔治娅·梅洛尼,认为缺乏统一的欧洲声音,使得单个国家或小团体得以进行“自由外交”。“讨论这个问题的不同团体太多了,”她说。
Supporters of a single envoy, such as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, argued that the absence of a united European voice has allowed individual countries or small groups to engage in freelance diplomacy. “There are too many different groupings discussing the issue,” she said.
谁代表欧洲,这是一个老问题。欧洲本身定义模糊。是27国欧盟,还是由大部分欧洲国家组成的32国北约军事同盟,或是29国申根区,或是47国欧洲政治共同体?这长期以来令华盛顿感到沮丧。
The question of who represents Europe is an old one. Europe itself is loosely defined. Is it the 27-nation EU, the 32-nation NATO military alliance made up mostly of European countries, the 29-nation Schengen zone, or the 47-nation European Political Community? That has long frustrated Washington.
在本周美国斡旋的乌克兰与俄罗斯在阿拉伯联合酋长国举行的会谈之后,库什纳表示,“如果欧洲能找出一个人来代表他们发言,那将比让俄罗斯将他们纳入谈判更为重大的成就。”
After this week's US-brokered talks between Ukraine and Russia in the United Arab Emirates, Kushner said that “if Europe could identify one person to speak on their behalf, that would be a bigger achievement than getting the Russians to include them in the negotiation.”
这呼应了常被错误归于前美国国务卿亨利·基辛格的那句名言:“如果我想给欧洲打电话,我该打给谁?”“请不要出意外”派遣一个团队而非个人的决定,允许“自愿联盟”成员参与。这是一个承诺以军事支持为未来停火提供保障的国家集团。其中包括2020年退出欧盟的英国。
That echoes the famous question often misattributed to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger: “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?”“Please, no surprises”The decision to send a team, rather than an individual, allows for participation by members of the “coalition of the willing”, a group of nations that have pledged to underpin a future ceasefire with military support. That includes the UK, which left the EU in 2020.
波兰是欧盟东翼国家的代言人,这些国家面临来自俄罗斯的持续混合威胁,包括影响力行动和干扰性无人机。
Poland is a voice for nations on the EU's eastern flank that face constant hybrid threats from Russia, including influence campaigns and disruptive drones.
欧盟机构由谁代表尚不清楚。猜测曾集中在科斯塔和欧盟最高外交官卡娅·卡拉斯身上。
It was not immediately clear who would represent the EU's institutions. Speculation had centred on Costa and the EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas.
今年早些时候,科斯塔因其办公室与莫斯科建立秘密后沟通渠道而在欧盟内部受到批评。
Earlier this year, Costa faced criticism within the EU after his office set up a hush-hush back-channel with Moscow.
卡拉斯是爱沙尼亚前总理,周五声称担任特使角色,她说:“我是代表欧洲在外交和安全政策方面发言的人。”
Kallas, a former prime minister of Estonia, laid claim to the envoy role Friday, saying, “I’m the one who is representing Europe in the foreign and security policy.”
“我知道俄罗斯不想要我,但是,你知道,我们有发言权,决定谁代表俄罗斯吗?”她说。“我们不能派任何没有机构角色的人,就像美国人派出的人那样。”与此同时,一些领导人对会谈持悲观态度。
“I know that the Russians don’t want me, but, you know, do we have a say, who is representing Russia?” she said. “We can’t send any person that has no institutional role like the Americans are sending.”Meanwhile, some leaders are pessimistic about the talks.
“我个人认为,称之为谈判是一种夸大,”波兰总理唐纳德·图斯克周四表示。“我们不会仅仅因为俄罗斯总统,或美国的某个人希望,就建立一个新的安全架构。”随着特朗普下周前往北京与普京会面,德国总理弗里德里希·梅尔茨表示,欧洲领导人担心再次出现“安克雷奇时刻”,指的是阿拉斯加峰会,当时特朗普在没有乌克兰或欧洲使节在场的情况下向俄罗斯领导人示好,令他们震惊。
“In my opinion, calling them negotiations is an exaggeration,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday. “We will not build a new security architecture simply because the Russian president, or someone in the United States, wishes it.”With Trump due to head to Beijing next week to meet Putin, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said European leaders feared another “Anchorage moment”, a reference to the Alaska summit where they were stunned by Trump's overtures to the Russian leader in the absence of Ukrainian or European envoys.
“请不要有意外,”梅尔茨表示。“继续在欧洲团队和乌克兰团队中协作。”拉脱维亚总理安德里斯·库尔贝格斯指出,欧洲在人口、经济和军事实力上都大于俄罗斯。“作为欧洲,我们必须长大一些,”他说。
“Please, no surprises,” Merz said. “Continue to play in team Europe and in the team with Ukraine.”Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs noted that Europe is larger than Russia in population, economy and military might. “We as Europe have to grow some bigger balls," he said.