Afghan Foreign Minister to visit Pakistan on Thursday

    ISLAMABAD, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul will pay a two-day visit to Pakistan（巴基斯坦） on Jan. 27-28 for talks on bilateral¹ and regional issues, focusing on anti-terror cooperation, an Afghan diplomatic said here on Wednesday.
    Izhar-ul-Haq Ahadi, Commercial counselor² at the Afghan embassy to Pakistan, said that the Foreign Minister will hold talks with Pakistani leaders on bilateral and regional issues.
    Officials said that the Afghan Foreign Minister will hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi and is likely to call on President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani.
    Sources said that the Afghan Foreign Minister is likely to share with Pakistani leaders the Afghan government's peace plan and to seek Islamabad's help for reconciliation³ efforts.
    Afghan President Hamid Karzai in his speech at the parliament（议会,国会） inauguration⁴ in Kabul on Wednesday underscored the need for Pakistan's role in the Afghan peace.
    The top level delegation⁵ of the High Afghan Peace Council earlier this month met with Pakistani President Zardari, Prime Minister Gilani, the Army Chief, Gen. Kay ani, opposition⁶ leader Nawaz Sharif and religious and political leaders about the reconciliation efforts.
    Pakistan insists that it would back Afghan-driven peace and reconciliation efforts but is concerned what it calls "Great Game" in Afghanistan.
    Pakistani officials have not explained the terminology⁷ of " Great Game" in Afghanistan but some sources said Islamabad has reservations over the U.S. future policies in Afghanistan.
    Sources said Pakistani leaders had conveyed their concerns over the "Great Game" in Afghanistan to the U.S. Vice⁸ President Joe Biden, who visited Islamabad this month.
    There had been high level visits in recent weeks including the visit to Kabul by Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani last month and followed by Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kay ani and intelligence chief Lt. General Ahmad Shuja Pasha to Kabul.
    Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir also visited Kabul last week where he had a lengthy⁹ meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• 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。

2 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

3 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

4 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

5 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

6 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

7 terminology   

n.术语；专有名词

参考例句：

• He particularly criticized the terminology in the document.他特别批评了文件中使用的术语。
• The article uses rather specialized musical terminology.这篇文章用了相当专业的音乐术语。

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• 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。

9 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。