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ANCHOR: The U.S. warns China that its policies on Taiwan are too extreme and do not help efforts to stabilize the situation in Asia- says that China must also put pressure on North Korea to return to the six-party nuclear talks.
主播:美國警告中國,它對台灣的政策太極端,無助於穩定亞洲的情勢,並且說,中國必須也要對北韓回到六國核子談判施壓。
STORY: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday (March 21) that parties involved in six-nation talks over North Korea’s nuclear programs would have to find new ways of dealing with the threat if Pyongyang stays away from the negotiations.
新聞內容:美國國務卿萊斯週一說,涉及到北韓核子計劃的六個會談國,必須找出新的方法,來對付威脅,假如平壤離開談判的話。
Rice pressed China to make North Korea return to talks after warning that Washington would not wait forever.
在提出華盛頓不會永遠在等待的警告之後,萊斯催促中國,要求北韓回到談判
She said, “It goes without saying that to the degree that a nuclear free Korean Penninsula gets more difficult to achieve if the North does not recognise that it needs to do that, and of course we will have to look at other options. This is an issue of considerable concern for the United States and not just for the United States but for every other state in this region.”
她說:「如果北韓不認同它必須這麼做的話,不用說要達到朝鮮半島的非核目標有多麼困難才能完成,當然我們也將必須朝向其他選擇。這對美國來說是相當關切的議題,其實不僅是對美國,在這個地區的每一個其他國家也都是如此。」
With U.S. impatience rising over the talks that have been on hold since June, Rice’s remarks exposed a split between the United States and its partners in the negotiations.
隨著去年六月以來談判一直擱置,美國逐漸失去耐心,萊絲的談話透露出美國與其伙伴國在談判上的分歧。
While U.S. officials have declined to specify what steps were under consideration, hardliners in the Bush administration want to call off the talks and report North Korea to the United Nations for possible sanctions.
然而美國官員拒絕指出何種步驟正在被考慮中,布希政府中的強硬派人士想要取消談判,並且將北朝鮮提交聯合國,要求各種可能的制裁。@、
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