美国为伊拉克政府重建展开游说

John Kerry, the US secretary of state, started a week-long tour of the Middle East and Europe yesterday to try to win support for the creation a new government in Iraq capable of bridging the sectarian tensions threatening to tear the country apart.

美国国务卿约翰•克里(John Kerry)昨日开始对中东和欧洲进行为期一周的访问，以求争取各方支持，在伊拉克建立一个有能力弥合可能撕裂该国的教派冲突的新政府。

Mr Kerry will be seeking political cover from allies in the Gulf for possible US military action against Sunni militants in northern Iraq, while also trying to convince them that Washington does not plan to cede more ground in Iraq to Iran.

对于美国可能对伊拉克北部逊尼派武装分子采取军事行动，克里将从海湾盟国那里寻求政治掩护，同时他还将试图让他们相信，美国不计划在伊拉克问题上向伊朗作出更多让步。

The diplomatic push follows President Barack Obama’s announcement on Thursday that the US would send 300 “military advisers” to Iraq and is considering “targeted air strikes” against the insurgents but is also pushing for political reform in Baghdad to engage disaffected Sunni.

在克里此次出访之前，美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)上周四宣布，美国将向伊拉克派出300名“军事顾问”，并考虑针对叛军实施“有针对性的空袭”，但同时将推动伊拉克的政治改革，要求该国政府与不满的逊尼派接触。

Mr Kerry arrived in Egypt yesterday for the first leg of his trip, just as Sunni militants gained control of a town close to the Jordanian border. “This is a critical moment,” Mr Kerry said following a meeting with Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt’s president, calling the militants a “threat not only to Iraq but to the entire region”.

克里昨日抵达此行的首站埃及，与此同时，逊尼派武装分子占领了一个接近约旦边境的小镇。克里在与埃及总统阿卜杜勒•法塔赫•西西(Abdel Fattah al-Sisi)会面后表示：“这是一个关键时刻，”他称这些武装分子“不仅是对伊拉克的威胁，而且是对整个地区构成的威胁”。

In a television interview, Mr Obama said the insurgents were “destabilising the country” and that the fighting could “spill over into some of our allies like Jordan and that they are engaged in wars in Syria”.

奥巴马在接受电视采访时表示，叛乱分子正在“破坏伊拉克的稳定”，战火可能“蔓延到约旦等我们的盟国”。