09-07-06

欧盟不与温家宝讨论武器禁运 (EU Not Discuss Arms Embargo with Wen)

欧盟一名官员说，欧盟和中国官员本周晚些时候在芬兰会晤时，欧盟对中国的武器禁运不在讨论议题当中。芬兰总理星期三晚上告诉记者，星期六在赫尔辛基开始的年度亚欧会议上，欧盟将不会讨论武器禁运问题。芬兰是欧盟的轮值主席国。

中国外交部一名官员早些时候说，温家宝总理在芬兰、英国和德国举行的会谈中将再次提出长期以来有关取消禁运的要求。欧盟在1989年中国镇压天安门广场民主示威者后对中国实行武器禁运。北京一直要求取消禁运。

中国总理星期六启程前往赫尔辛基。他此次欧洲之行将于9月14号结束。

A European Union official says the organization's arms embargo against China will not be on the agenda when European and Chinese officials meet later this week in Finland. Finnish Prime Minister told reporters late Wednesday that the European Union would not address the issue of the arms embargo during the annual Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) beginning Saturday in Helsinki. Finland holds the E.U.'s rotating presidency.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry official has said that Premier Wen Jiabao would repeat a long-time call for the ban to be lifted during meetings in Finland, Britain and Germany. The embargo was imposed following China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square. Beijing has long asked for the ban to be lifted.

The Chinese premier departs for Helsinki Saturday. His European tour ends September 14th.

欧盟与伊朗会谈定于周六举行 (European Union-Iran Talks Scheduled for Saturday)

欧盟外交政策专员索拉纳星期四说，他星期六将会晤伊朗首席核谈判代表拉里贾尼，但是没有透露在什么地点会谈。这将是伊朗没有在联合国安理会提出的8月31号最后期限之前停止铀浓缩活动以来两人的第一次会晤。他们两人原定星期三会面，但伊朗推迟了会晤日期。


世界大国星期四在柏林开会，讨论如何对伊朗拒绝停止铀浓缩活动做出回应。参加会晤的有联合国常任理事国美国、法国、英国、中国、俄罗斯以及德国的外交官。美国表示，期待联合国安理会成员国遵照已做出的决定，如果伊朗无视8月31号的最后期限就对其实施制裁。俄罗斯和中国一直不愿意制裁伊朗。

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana says Thursday he will meet Iran's chief nuclear negotiator on Saturday but did not say where the talks will take place. The meeting will be the first between the two since Iran defied an August 31st U.N. Security Council deadline to suspend uranium enrichment. The two men were expected to meet Wednesday, but Iran postponed the meeting.

In Berlin, representatives from world powers are meeting Thursday to discuss their reaction to Iran's refusal to suspend enrichment activities. Diplomats from the five permanent U.N. Security Council members, the U.S., France, Britain, China and Russia plus Germany are attending the talks. The United States has said it expects Security Council members to honor a decision to sanction Iran for disregarding the August 31st deadline. Russia and China have been reluctant to punish Iran.