美洲－拉姆斯菲尔德质疑委内瑞拉与俄罗斯武器交易的可能性
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2005（上）--国政军事聚焦
Rumsfeld Questions Possible Venezuela-Russia Arms Deal
U.S. Defense 1 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld expressed concern Wednesday about reports that Venezuela is seeking to buy 100,000 assault rifles from Russia. Mr. Rumsfeld, who is in the middle of a four-day trip to Latin America, made the comments after meeting with a top Brazilian official.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met with Brazil's vice 2 president and defense minister, Jose Alencar. The two men discussed a variety of bilateral 3 issues, including counter-narcotics efforts in the Amazon and counter-terrorism efforts in the tri-border area shared by Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
After the meeting, Mr. Rumsfeld told journalists the United States was troubled by reports that Venezuela is seeking to buy 100,000 assault rifles and 10 military helicopters from Russia.
Mr. Rumsfeld: I can't imagine what is going to happen to 100,000 AK-47s. I can't understand why Venezuela needs 100,000 AK-47s.
Venezuela's government says it needs the weapons to defend itself from foreign threats. The United States says it fears the $120 million arms deal could trigger an arms race in the region and lead to the destabilization of Venezuela's neighbors. The United States is especially worried that some of the weapons could end up in the hands of the FARC (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), which the United States considers to be a terrorist organization.
The U.S. defense secretary characterized his meeting with Mr. Alencar as positive. He said they discussed Brazil's role as the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti. Brazil, which has contributed 1,100 troops to the effort, has played a key role in assembling a coalition 4 of peacekeepers from Latin American nations, including Argentina and Chile.
Mr. Rumsfeld declined to say if Brazil's leadership in Haiti prepared the country for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
Mr. Rumsfeld: The Department of Defense does not have a voice or a role in that and I think I will leave that to the president of the United States and the secretary of state of the United States.
Brazil, along with Japan, Germany, India, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa are frequently mentioned as possible candidates if the Security Council is expanded to include more permanent members.
Mr. Rumsfeld's stop in Brazil is the second on his tour of Latin America. He met with Argentina's defense minister in Buenos Aires on Tuesday and is scheduled to fly to Guatemala.
Serena Parker, VOA News.
注释:
US Defense Secretary 美国国防部长
assault rifle 突击步枪
bilateral issues 双边问题
counter-narcotics 反毒的
counter-terrorism 反恐
Paraguay [5pArE^wai] n. 巴拉圭
trigger [5tri^E] vt. 引发
destabilization [di:7steibilai5zeiFEn] n. 不稳定
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia( FARC) 哥伦比亚革命武装力量
assemble [E5sembl] vt. 集合
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
- There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。