阿尔巴尼亚总统敦促希腊废除二战时期战争法

 　　阿尔巴尼亚总统敦促希腊废除二战时期战争法

　　TIRANA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The president of Albania Bujar Nishani on Monday requested the visiting Greek President Karolos Papoulias to push Greek Parliament to scrap¹ a World War II-era law that has technically² left both countries at war.

　　The law declaring a state of war between the two states was passed by Greece after Italian forces in Albania attacked Greece in October 1940. It has not been abolished by the Greek parliament, although both countries are members of NATO and Greece supports Albania's EU integration³ process.

　　However, the relationship between the two countries has been fraught⁴ with problems. Greek authorities often deny entry to some Albanian families who reside in Greece, demanding Albania write Greek toponyms in Albanian passports in the Greek language. The measure affects a number of children of Albanian emigrants⁵ who were born in Greece but have Albanian citizenship⁶.

　　Nishani said a solution must be found to to the issue of toponyms, as well as the delimitation of the sea boundaries between the two countries.

　　During a joint⁷ news conference, the Albanian president said that the framework of bilateral⁸ relations carries inherited problems from the past, but even new ones must be given serious treatment so that a solution is found.

　　"I voiced my concern at failure in solution of the issue of toponyms and emphasized that it is becoming an obstacle to the free movement and services related with legalization of documents," President Nishani stated.

　　Nishani thanked Greek support for the Euro-Atlantic integration of Albania, its NATO membership as well as with its expectations in obtaining the status of EU candidate country by December.

　　He said bilateral relations could be promoted through economic-trade cooperation and Greek investments in Albania.

1 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

2 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

3 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

4 fraught   

adj.充满…的，伴有(危险等)的；忧虑的

参考例句：

• The coming months will be fraught with fateful decisions.未来数月将充满重大的决定。
• There's no need to look so fraught!用不着那么愁眉苦脸的！

5 emigrants   

n.（从本国移往他国的）移民( emigrant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At last the emigrants got to their new home. 移民们终于到达了他们的新家。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• 'Truly, a decree for selling the property of emigrants.' “有那么回事，是出售外逃人员财产的法令。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

6 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

8 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。