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澳大利亚外长:我们无须在美国和中国之间做出选择

22/03/2013 |美国之音
前来华盛顿访问的澳大利亚外长鲍伯•卡尔(Bob Carr)3月22号在华盛顿智库战略与国际研究中心就范围广泛的问题阐述了澳大利亚的立场。

*卡尔:澳大利亚无须在美中之间选择*

他首先谈到了澳大利亚是否必须在华盛顿和北京之间做出选择的问题。
他说:“我们有权说,这是一个不真实的选择。我们无须在美国和中国之间做出选择。我们可以与双方都进行深入的接触。再说,如果美方和中方都说我们相处得很好,我们有非常强劲的工作关系,正在一起解决问题,那么为什么澳大利亚应该处在一个两难的境地呢?我们拒绝任何遏制中国的想法。”
*不支持“四方”集团的提议*
针对日本首相安倍提出的建立由日本、美国、澳大利亚印度组成所谓的四方集团来推动海洋民主国家在亚太地区的共同利益和价值观,卡尔明确表达了不支持的立场。
他说:“澳大利亚不会支持组成某一个具体的集团四方集团是安倍处在反对派地位时最先提出的一个想法。这不是我们支持的。它很容易引起误解。我最近访问印度的时候根本没有提及这个问题。
*领土争端上主张搁置争议、共同开发*
这位同时在澳大利亚参议院担任议员的外长表示,在东海以及南中国海的领土纠纷上,澳大利亚同美国一样,对领土归属问题不持立场,但是主张在国际法的框架下和平解决争端。他还呼吁有关各方搁置争议、共同开发,着手研究资源共享的模式。他强调,东南亚的故事应该继续是共同发展的故事,而不是被领土争端以及紧张局势所主导。
*卡尔:美中之间最突出的共同经济利益*
这位澳大利亚外长在回答美国之音记者提出的澳大利亚如何看待美中关系所存在的挑战时做出了这样的表示:
卡尔说:“我们认为,双方之间的共同利益,尤其是美中之间的经济利益将对关系的发展施加影响。历史上存在两大强国存在共同经济利益的例子,这使得美中关系与冷战期间存在的任何国与国之间的关系有着根本的不同。美中关系中最突出的是双方之间的共同经济利益。”
*应该签署网络空间互不侵犯条约*
卡尔还回答了美国之音提出的如何看待网络袭击的问题。
他说:“我们认为,应该有一个网络空间互不侵犯国际条约。网络攻击会对世界经济带来巨大的损害。所有国家必须同意不要相互进行网络战。”
针对美国国内目前所面临的预算赤字以及国防预算削减的问题,卡尔说,美国必须解决其预算赤字问题,而这意味着两党都必须做出重大妥协。他说,我们需要一个强大的美国,因为这个世界由于美国对国际和平以及全球事务的关注和承诺而变得更加美好,而美国在国内不能强大的话,这一切都是不可能的。他还表示,在这个问题上,澳大利亚毫不含糊地给美国提出善意的忠告,就像一个好朋友不会让你在喝醉了酒的时候还去开车一样。


Bob Carr:No need to choose China, US sides

10/08/2012 |The Australian

FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr says Australia doesn't have to choose between backing the United States or China and shouldn't be anxious about China building a stronger military.
Former prime minister Paul Keating earlier this week called for Australia to loosen its ties with the US and shift its focus towards China.
Mr Keating said Australia had underestimated the economic and human rights improvements in China in the past few decades and shouldn't presume US and Australian interests were the same.
Senator Carr said it was not a matter of choosing one side or the other.
"We have a security relationship with the US in good working order," he told Sky News on Friday, adding it gave a lot of comfort to Australians and projected Australian influence not only to America but around the world.
"But we've got a splendid economic relationship with China which is being broadened into strategic co-operation as well."
The "economic interdependency" between the US and China was important when it came to disagreements between the two countries.
"That's a useful bit of ballast because whenever there might be a disagreement between the two sides ... America and China will think first and foremost of their economic relationship," Senator Carr said.
The Chinese leadership viewed their country as "the Middle Kingdom sufficient unto themselves" and did not aim to conquer or colonise other countries.
But China needed to be careful not to alarm its neighbours, as it "inevitably" grew and modernised its military as it grew economically.
"And America should be careful not to display an anxiety about an inevitable accretion of more strategic power by China," Senator Carr said.
"It's important we don't react with undue anxiety."


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