Ban Urges All Efforts to Achieve Two-State Solution

　　UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging Israel and Palestine to make more effort to make their resumed negotiations² a success to achieve a two-state solution.

 

　　CRI's Su Yi has more.

 

　　Ban Ki-moon issued the call during his visit to Ramallah.

 

　　Ban called on both sides to avoid derailing the peace efforts.

 

　　"I remain deeply troubled by Israel's continuing settlement activity in the west bank, including east Jerusalem. Settlement activity is deepening the Palestinian people's mistrust in the seriousness on the Israeli side towards achieving peace. It will automatically make a two-state solution impossible."

 

　　Israeli and Palestinian negotiators restarted their direct talks in secrecy³ on Wednesday in Jerusalem.

 

　　Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the negotiations have just started and he cannot reveal details.

 

　　"I cannot speak what we have achieved. But we have discussed all the issues on the table, which mean border, Jerusalem, settlements, refugees, security and prisoners."

 

　　Abbas says the only way to reach peace is through negotiations.

 

　　"Palestinians have shown goodwill⁴ to reach peace. I hope Israel can also show their goodwill to stop settlement building and release all the Palestinian prisoners."

 

　　Ban Ki-Moon says the renewed hope brought by negotiations must be sustained.

 

　　"I understand that two parties have some understanding that you will exert all your efforts to make this negotiation¹ a success to achieve a two-state solution. Then if you realize a two-state solution, I think you'll realize all your other priorities."

 

　　Ban is set to visit Jerusalem later today to meet Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Su Yi.

1 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

2 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

3 secrecy   

n.秘密，保密，隐蔽

参考例句：

• All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
• Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。

4 goodwill   

n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉

参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。