杜特尔特明年将访问俄罗斯

The Philippines plans to forge new ties and trade deals with Russia, in the latest blow to US strategic supremacy in the archipelago at the heart of Asia’s disputed seas.

菲律宾计划与俄罗斯建立新的关系并达成贸易协议，此举对美国在菲的战略霸权构成了最新的打击。菲律宾是一个群岛国家，位于亚洲争议海域的核心地带。

President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to visit Moscow early next year — at Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invitation — to hold talks on a range of agreements from weapons to communications, Perfecto Yasay Jr, the Philippine foreign minister, said. It is the next phase of a foreign policy tilt that has already seen Manila clash with Washington and draw closer to Beijing.

菲律宾外长小佩费克托.亚赛(Perfecto Yasay Jr.)表示，预计菲总统罗德里戈.杜特尔特(Rodrigo Duterte)将应俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔.普京(Vladimir Putin)邀请于明年初访问莫斯科，双方将就从武器到通信的一系列协议举行会谈。菲律宾的外交政策转向由此进入新的阶段。此前，菲已与华盛顿方面发生冲突并向北京方面靠拢。

Manila wants to keep its 1951 security treaty and wider relations with the US, according to Mr Yasay. But Mr Duterte’s six-month-old government is also seeking closer ties with Russia under its “independent foreign policy” — and might find those even easier to build if Donald Trump’s incoming US administration eases hostilities with the Kremlin.

亚赛表示，菲方希望维系1951年菲与美国签署的安全条约以及与美国的更广泛关系。但杜特尔特领导的、已执政6个月的政府还寻求依据其“独立外交政策”与俄建立更紧密关系——如果唐纳德.特朗普(Donald Trump)领导的美国新政府缓解美俄之间的敌意，那么菲俄之间的这种关系可能会更加容易建立。

“Because of [our] special relationship with the United States we were not able to really pursue that kind of warm and mutually beneficial relationship with Russia,” said Mr Yasay, who has just visited Moscow to pave the way for Mr Duterte’s trip. “Now, it’s changing.”

亚赛表示：“由于（我们）与美国的特殊关系，我们过去其实无法寻求与俄建立那种友好互惠的关系。”刚刚访问了莫斯科、意在为杜特尔特俄罗斯之行铺路的亚赛称：“如今，情况正在发生变化。”

The presidential trip to Moscow will probably take place in April or May, Mr Yasay told the Financial Times in an interview. The Philippines wants to raise its exports of agricultural products and tap Russian investment and technology in areas such as mining, oil exploration and communications, possibly including surveillance, the minister said.

亚赛在接受英国《金融时报》采访时表示，杜特尔特很可能会于明年4月或5月访问莫斯科。他说，菲希望扩大其农产品出口，并寻求利用俄在矿业、石油勘探和通信（可能包括监控）等领域的投资和技术。

Manila, he said, was also exploring whether it could buy a batch of assault rifles from Moscow — 26,000 according to media reports — for its police force. A planned sale from the US was reportedly held up because of concerns about Mr Duterte’s bloody war on drugs.

他表示，菲方还在探索能否从俄采购一批突击步枪——据媒体报道为2.6万支——配备菲警察部队。据报道，由于美方对杜特尔特血腥的反毒战争感到担忧，从美国采购枪支的计划遭到搁置。

“A difficulty like this with the United States opens up opportunities with other countries,” Mr Yasay said, underscoring the Philippines’ diplomatic outreach under Mr Duterte. “Not only with Russia — with China, even with Israel, even with Japan. This is what we are exploring.”

亚赛针对菲在杜特尔特领导下的外交扩张强调道：“类似这种与美国之间的麻烦为与其他国家加深关系创造了机会，不仅仅是与俄罗斯，还包括与中国，甚至与以色列和日本。我们正在探讨这件事。”

Mr Yasay, who has known Mr Duterte since they shared YMCA accommodation together as law students, played down the idea that the Philippines would wave “bye-bye America”, as Mr Duterte recently put it. He said Manila had no plans to agree military treaties with any other country, adding that it would also like to strengthen its relationship with the US.

亚赛与杜特尔特早年学习法律时曾同住基督教青年会(YMCA)的一个寝室，二人就是在那时相识的。亚赛淡化了杜特尔特最近有关菲将与“美国分道扬镳”的说法。他表示菲方不打算与任何其他国家达成军事条约，并称菲还希望加强与美国的关系。