Barack Obama spoke by telephone with Iran’s Hassan Rouhani on Friday, the first conversation between presidents of the two countries since 1979, capping a week of hectic diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear programme.
美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)周五与伊朗总统哈桑·鲁哈尼(Hassan Rouhani)通了电话，这是1979年以来两国总统之间的首次对话，也是一周以来有关伊朗核项目的忙碌外交活动的最高潮。
The brief conversation, which took place while Mr Rouhani was on his way to the airport in New York after spending the week at the UN, follows the announcement on Thursday that detailed negotiations with Iran over its nuclear activities will begin on October 15.
这次简短会话发生在鲁哈尼在联合国(UN)待了一周之后去纽约机场的路上。此前在周四发布的声明披露，针对伊朗核问题的具体磋商将在10月15日开始举行。
“I believe we can reach a comprehensive solution,” Mr Obama said at the White House on Friday.
奥巴马周五在白宫表示：“我认为我们能达成一项全面解决方案。”
“The very fact that this was the first communication between an American and Iranian president since 1979 underscores the deep mistrust between our countries, but it also indicates the prospect of moving beyond that difficult history.”
“这是1979年以来美国和伊朗两国总统之间的首次交流，这一事实本身就凸显出了我们两国之间的不信任有多深，但也显示出走出历史困境的前景。”
The phone call was the culmination of a week of unprecedented diplomatic encounters which could potentially become the basis for a broader rapprochement between two nations that have been estranged since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
这次电话交流成为一周以来前所未有的美伊外交接触的巅峰，这些外交接触活动有望成为两国之间更加广泛的和解的基矗自从1979年伊朗伊斯兰革命以来，美伊两国的关系便一直不睦。
A senior Obama administration official said that the two leaders had a “shared sense of urgency” over the upcoming nuclear talks and that an agreement “could open the door to a deeper relationship”.
奥巴马政府的一位高级官员表示，两国领导人对于即将来临的核谈判“有着共同的紧迫感”，如果能够达成一项协议，“将开启深化两国关系的大门”。 |
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