Ukraine shrinks each time talks with Russia are disrupted — Lavrov
UNITED NATIONS, September 28. /TASS/. Ukraine shrinks every time proposed talks with Russia are upset, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a news conference following his participation in the high-level week of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly. 俄罗斯外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫在参加第79届联合国大会高级别会议一周后的新闻发布会上说，每当与俄罗斯的谈判提议受到干扰时，乌克兰就会退缩。"Each time an agreement Russia always goes for is derailed, Ukraine shrinks," he said, citing Ukraine's refusal to implement the Minsk agreements and Kiev's disruption of the negotiations in 2022 as an example. “每次俄罗斯达成的协议被破坏时，乌克兰就会退缩，”他说，并举例说明乌克兰拒绝执行明斯克协议和乌克兰在2022年破坏谈判的情况。Lavrov recalled how Ukraine’s chief delegate to the talks with Russia in 2022, David Arahamiya, said that then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had come to Kiev and advised Ukraine to go on fighting. 拉夫罗夫回忆起乌克兰在2022年与俄罗斯谈判的首席代表大卫·阿拉哈米亚曾表示，当时的英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊曾来到基辅，建议乌克兰继续战斗。"If Ukraine continues along the same path, if it continues to use some gimmicks again in order to buy time, it will not succeed," Lavrov emphasized. “如果乌克兰继续沿着同样的道路走，继续使用一些花招来拖延时间，它将不会成功，”拉夫罗夫强调道。Ukraine has "forever undermined" its legitimacy, at least as long as the current regime is in power. 乌克兰“永远削弱”了其合法性，至少在当前政权掌权期间是如此。"I very much hope that our Chinese and Brazilian friends and all those who have joined this group of 'friends of peace' will fully take into account the manners and ways of the current Ukrainian leadership and its endless attempts to lure everyone by deception on their very quick and shifting sand," Lavrov pointed out. 拉夫罗夫指出:“我非常希望我们的中国和巴西朋友以及所有加入这个‘和平之友’组织的国家充分考虑到乌克兰现任领导人的举止和方式，以及他们在瞬息万变的形势下无休止地试图通过欺骗来引诱所有人。”Lavrov also noted that Russia is glad to see any initiatives concerning the Ukrainian settlement, including the one proposed by former US President Donald Trump, provided they will help eliminate the root causes of the crisis. 拉夫罗夫还指出，俄罗斯很高兴看到任何关于乌克兰解决方案的倡议，包括前美国总统唐纳德·特朗普提出的，前提是这些倡议能够帮助消除危机的根本原因。"Trump said some time ago that he would need 24 hours. Now the wording is different," Lavrov recalled. "We will welcome any initiatives that will bring about the desired result." “特朗普曾说过他需要24小时。现在的措辞不同了，”拉夫罗夫回忆道。“我们欢迎任何能够带来所需结果的倡议。”"And there can be only one result - a settlement of this problem on the basis of eliminating the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis," Lavrov stated. “而且只能有一个结果——在消除乌克兰危机根本原因的基础上解决这个问题，”拉夫罗夫表示。Among these root causes the Russian foreign minister singled out the threat to Russia's security from the West, which has been dragging Ukraine into its military bloc, while "security is essential not as some abstract term, but as a basic human need." 俄罗斯外长指出，这些根本原因包括西方对俄罗斯安全的威胁，西方一直在将乌克兰拖入其军事集团，而“安全不仅仅是一个抽象的术语，而是基本的人类需求。”Another root cause of the conflict, he stated, was discrimination against the Russian-speaking population, including through laws banning the use of the Russian language and even the canonical Orthodox Church. 他指出，冲突的另一个根本原因是对讲俄语人群的歧视，包括通过禁止使用俄语的法律，甚至是禁止规范东正教会。"If Mr. Trump succeeds in overturning these laws we are talking about, it will be a stride forward," Lavrov said. "It's the easiest thing to do - just hold a vote." “如果特朗普先生能够推翻我们所讨论的这些法律，那将是一个进步，”拉夫罗夫说。“这很简单——只需举行投票。”