EU Foreign Ministers Call For More Diplomacy With Iran

欧盟号召用外交手段解决伊朗核问题



　　European Foreign Ministers have called for diplomacy rather than a military option to prod Iran to abandon its nuclear activities, despite lack of progress in talks with Iranian officials in Geneva.

　　尽管欧盟与伊朗官员在日内瓦的会谈没有取得进展，但欧洲各国外长仍呼吁通过外交途径，而不是军事手段推动伊朗放弃核活动。　　European Union ministers remained adamant Tuesday that talks were the only way to solve the impasse over Iran's nuclear program. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the Associated Press that it is now up to Iran to respond to world powers following a meeting Saturday in Geneva between Iran on the one side, and the United States, European, Chinese, Russian and other diplomats on the other.

　　欧盟各国外长星期二仍旧坚持认为，会谈是解决伊朗核僵局的唯一途径。英国外交大臣米利班德对美联社记者说，上星期六伊朗官员在日内瓦与美国、欧洲、中国、俄罗斯等国家外交官举行了会谈，现在该由伊朗对世界大国做出回应了。

　　That meeting appeared to go nowhere, with Iranian diplomats reportedly steadfast in the pursuit of their nuclear program which they insist is for peaceful purposes. The United States and a number of European nations, believe Iran might be building a nuclear weapon.

　　星期六的会谈似乎没有取得任何进展。据报导，伊朗外交官在谈及伊朗核项目的时候态度强硬，坚持其核项目是用于和平目的。美国和几个欧洲国家认为伊朗可能正在制造核武器。

　　At a press conference in Brussels Tuesday, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said the door for dialogue with Iran remained open.

　　欧盟外交政策主管索拉纳星期二在布鲁塞尔的一个记者会上说，与伊朗对话的大门依旧敞开著。

　　He said he awaited a response from the Iranian government with optimism. Then, he said, it was important to start tackling what he described as a second phase in negotiations.

　　索拉纳说，他乐观地等待著伊朗政府的回应。索拉纳表示，重要的是现在就应当开始准备他所说的“第二阶段”谈判。

　　EU ministers also agreed to toughen sanctions against Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe.

　　欧盟各国外长在会上还一致同意强化对津巴布韦总统穆加贝的制裁。