VOA常速英语2008年-Iraqi President Winds Up Visit to Turkey
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（三月）
Istanbul
08 March 2008
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has ended his 2-day visit to the Turkish capital Ankara. The visit came only a week after Turkish forces ended their 8-day incursion into northern Iraq to attack Kurdish rebels. The second day of Mr. Talabani's visit focused on developing stronger trade ties between the neighboring countries. Dorian Jones reports for VOA from Istanbul.
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani spent the final day of his trip fostering deeper economic and trade ties between the two countries. Speaking to Turkish business leaders in Ankara, he stressed the importance of bilateral 1 trade. He said Iraq wants to establish relations in all areas including economic, political and cultural.
With the Turkish-Iraqi border considered the most secure route for trade into Iraq, there has been a substantial rise in bilateral commerce. Turkish contractors 2 have been key in developing the Kurdish controlled enclave in northern Iraq.
Mr. Talabani was accompanied to Ankara by his natural resources minister who held talks with his Turkish counterpart, Hilmi Guler. Projects aimed at carrying Iraqi oil and natural gas to Turkey topped the agenda.
Guler said Turkey wants to be a transit 3 country for Iraq's energy resources.
Turkey is already an energy hub for central Asian oil and gas.
Although trade was a priority for the Iraqi president, security concerns dominated the trip.
Last month, Turkish forces launched an incursion into northern Iraq against rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Ankara accuses the PKK of using Iraq as a base to launch attacks against its forces.
Baghdad strongly condemned 4 the incursion saying it infringed 5 on Iraq's territorial 6 integrity, but Ankara accuses Iraq of failing to reign 7 in the PKK.
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at a lunch for the Iraqi president, repeated those concerns saying countries have a moral obligation to fight terrorism.
Mr. Talabani proposed the formation of a supreme 8 council, presided over by the prime ministers of both countries, to resolve contentious 9 issues.
Although there appeared to be little concrete progress, political analyst 10 Akif Emre says Mr. Talabani's visit was important.
"Politics and psychological side is very important, after the military operation in northern Iraq," he said. "Talabani's visiting Turkey is very important in a diplomatic way. Normalization 11 of the Iraqi government and Turkish government, improving their relationship.
Turkish officials see the Iraqi visit as the start of a warming in relations, but the process is expected to be slow.
- 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。
- We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
- The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
- Wherever the troops went, they never infringed on the people's interests. 大军过处，秋毫无犯。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He was arrested on a charge of having infringed the Election Law. 他因被指控触犯选举法而被拘捕。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
- They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。
- The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
- The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
- Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。
- What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
- The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
- The visit signalled the normalization of relations between the two countries.这次访问显示两国关系已经正常化。
- He was pleased to the normalization of relationship between the police and the people.他很高兴警方和人民之间关系的正常化。