2016年CRI Syrian Opposition Leader to Visit China

 

Opposition¹ leader Khaled Khoja is scheduled to stay in China from Tuesday to Friday, during which he is expected to discuss the Syrian peace process with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing.

He is the second key political player inside Syria to visit China within a month, after Wang hosted Syrian deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs Walid al-Moallem in late December.

During that meeting, Wang Yi proposed three principals for pushing forward the peace process in the war torn country.

Foreign Ministry² spokeswoman Hua Chunying explains.

"We hold that the Syrian issue must be solved through political dialogue, and we believe that the future of Syria should be decided³ by the people of Syria, and the Unites Nations should play a leading role. So China is now doing everything to move the Syrian issue along on the correct path of political dialogue as quickly as possible. We think it is the only and best way for the Syrian people's interests."

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted on a draft resolution at the end of last year.

The resolution endorsed⁴ an international roadmap for a Syrian-led political transition, and called for a ceasefire.

To achieve the goals, world powers are now hoping to bring representatives of the Syrian government and opposition together to launch the intra-Syria peace talks in Geneva on Jan. 25.

Hua Chunying says China is willing to work with all parties relevant to the conflict.

" Each party should also make a concerted effort and be united as one to jointly⁵ combat terrorism, to push relevant Syrian groups to cease fire and stop violence, and to sit down as soon as possible to start and continue dialogue to reach a peaceful solution which is feasible and accepted by each Syrian party as soon as possible."

Geneva has been the venue⁶ for two previous rounds of the UN-mediated Syrian peace talks between representatives of the Syrian government and opposition, but the talks have failed to yield any significant results.

The Syrian conflict has raged for nearly five years, killing⁷ around a quarter of a million people.

For CRI, this is Niu Honglin.

1 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。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

6 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

7 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。