
The Middle East’s ability to solve its problems has been held back by America’s 50-year insistence that the Gulf states should view Iran as a security threat, Oman’s foreign minister said on Monday in a significant speech designed to break the deadlock over the region’s future.(阿曼外长周一表示,美国五十年来坚持要求海湾国家视伊朗为安全威胁,压制了中东自主解决问题的能力;他发表这篇重要演讲,意在打破地区未来的僵局。)
阿曼外交大臣周一发表了一篇旨在打破地区未来僵局的重要演讲。他说,美国五十年来坚持要求海湾国家把伊朗视为安全威胁,这压制了中东自主解决问题的能力。
Badr Albusaidi called for a non-aggression(互不侵犯的) security pact(公约;协定) involving all six Gulf states as well as(以及;除……之外还) Iran and Iraq. The US would in future no longer be the primary provider of security, he said.
巴德尔·布赛义迪呼吁缔结一项互不侵犯安全公约,参与方包括海湾六国以及伊朗和伊拉克。他说,美国今后将不再是地区安全的主要提供者。
He was speaking on the day(在……当天) high-level defence and intelligence officials from Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia travelled to Tehran in an attempt to(试图;为了) prevent a renewed(再次的;重新开始的) outbreak(爆发) of fighting between the US and Iran.
他发表演讲的同一天,土耳其、巴基斯坦和沙特阿拉伯的高级防务与情报官员前往德黑兰,力图阻止美伊之间再次爆发冲突。