French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says the European Union is considering sanctions against Russia following its recognition of independence for the Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. France has called an EU meeting Monday in Brussels to focus on what steps the 27-member bloc will take in terms of future relations with Russia.
法国外长库什内说，在俄罗斯承认格鲁吉亚的南奥塞梯和阿布哈兹独立之后，欧盟正考虑对俄罗斯采取制裁。法国星期一在布鲁塞尔召集欧盟会议，重点讨论有二十七个成员国组成的欧盟在与俄罗斯的未来关系方面应采取什么步骤。
Bernard Kouchner says sanctions are a possibility among other unspecified means, but he adds the current impasse must be solved through negotiations.
库什内外长说，采取制裁是其他没指明的各种可选择途径之一，但是他又说，必须通过谈判化解目前僵局。
Moscow's recognition of the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia lies at the core of its dispute with the West.
莫斯科承认格鲁吉亚的两个分离地区南奥塞梯和阿布哈兹的独立，这是俄罗斯与西方世界争执的焦点。
France has called an emergency European Union summit for Monday to discuss what it might consider to do collectively in light of Russia's refusal to pull back all of its troops from Georgia.
法国召集欧盟各国首脑星期一举行紧急会议，讨论在俄罗斯拒绝从格鲁吉亚撤出所有军队的情况下，欧盟可以考虑采取的集体行动。
Meanwhile in Brussels, Moscow's ambassador to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, was asked at a news conference if he felt that the 27-nation body might actually levy some form of sanctions on Russia.
与此同时，莫斯科驻欧盟大使齐若夫在布鲁塞尔的记者会上被问及：他是否觉得有二十七成员国的欧盟的确可能对俄罗斯采取某种形式的制裁。
"I would not want to speculate on the outcome of the European Council, of course, I can only express the wish that the leaders, European leaders, heads of state and government of the European Union will be able to rise above the emotions of the day and consider, seriously and without prejudice the perspectives of strategic partnership with their important partner, the Russian Federation," said Chizhov.
齐若夫说：“我不想猜测欧州委员会的讨论结果，我唯一希望的是，这些领袖、欧洲领导人、欧盟国家和政府的元首将能超越当前的感情因素，认真地、不带偏见地考虑与他们的重要夥伴俄罗斯联邦战略夥伴关系的前景。”
Chizhov says sanctions would worsen relations between Russia and West and he says if they were to be implemented, they would actually hurt the West more than any pain that Russia might incur.
齐若夫说，制裁会恶化俄罗斯和西方的关系，他还说，如果要执行制裁，那么制裁对西方国家造成的伤害大于对俄罗斯可能带来的损失。
"First of all, I highly doubt that might ever happen, but theoretically speaking, hypothetically speaking, this would be to the detriment of the European Union, as much if not more, than to Russia," said Chizhov.
他说：“首先，我非常怀疑果真会有制裁，但是从理论上说，从假设的角度来看，采取制裁同样会给欧盟带来损失，欧盟受到的损害甚至会超过俄罗斯。”
Just more than 60 percent of Russia's oil and gas exports go to the European Union, and EU leaders are well aware that higher prices could be one unwelcome outcome of imposing sanctions on Moscow.
俄罗斯出口的石油和天然气确实有百分之六十前往欧盟国家，而欧盟领导人充分意识到对莫斯科施加制裁可能带来价格上涨的不良后果。
Some European states, like Germany, have taken the view that the European Union should moderate its response if it wants to assume a mediator role to try to persuade Russia to pull back its troops, to accept international peacekeepers and to eventually strike a long-term solution acceptable to all.
德国等某些欧洲国家认为，如果欧盟想要发挥斡旋作用，说服俄罗斯撤军、接受国际维和人员并最终达成能被各方接受的长期解决方案的话，那么欧盟应缓和它作出的反应。 |