七國集團籲俄履行明斯克協議大綱

Foreign ministers from the world’s seven leading industrialized countries have called on Russia to rein in Ukrainian rebels and abide by two peace accords reached in Minsk designed to end the conflict. The call came in a communiqué at the end of a meeting in Luebeck, Germany.

Their host, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said they called for an end to the recent increase in violence in Ukraine, in spite of a ceasefire.

He also expressed concern about Russia’s decision to sell missiles to Iran, indicating the move is poorly timed with the negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program. “We have the opportunity within the next two-and-a-half months to reach a proper agreement, to get a proper result. So, I don’t think that we should preempt this issue and take steps that might be misunderstood by one side or another.”

This meeting brought together the foreign ministers of Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Canada and the United States for meetings on crises including Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya and several in Africa.

Most of the G7 countries are also involved in the talks on Iran’s nuclear program, in which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been taking a leading role.

Secretary of State John Kerry said: “We are confident about our ability for the president to negotiate an agreement and to do so with the ability to make the world safer.”

Secretary Kerry said the Iran talks are “looming large” after he helped reach a framework accord two weeks ago, and with the deadline for a final agreement just two-and-a-half months away.

There was a heavy police presence in Luebeck for this meeting, as protesters gathered to march against G7 policies. But the violence that erupted during similar demonstrations a month ago in Frankfurt was not repeated.

These meetings involve considerable formality. But Minister Steinmeier said their importance is “underestimated,” though, as ministers have the chance to discuss crises that affect millions of people, and in which the world’s richest countries, and some of its largest militaries, have an important role to play.世界七個主要工業國家（七國集團）的外交部長呼籲俄羅斯遏制烏克蘭反叛分子，遵守在明斯克達成的旨在結束衝突的兩項和平協議。七國集團外長在德國呂貝克開會後發表的聯合公報中作出上述呼籲。

七國集團外長會議主持人、德國外長施泰因邁爾說，七國外長呼籲遵守烏克蘭停火協議，結束最近升級的暴力衝突。

他還表示對俄羅斯決定向伊朗出售導彈系統的擔憂。施泰因邁爾說：“在接下來的兩個半月裏，我們有機會達成一項合適的協議，取得不錯的結果。因此，我認爲不應該在解決問題之前採取可能引起任何一方誤解的行動。”

德國、英國、法國、意大利、日本、加拿大和美國的外交部長在會上討論了烏克蘭、伊拉克、敘利亞、也門、利比亞和非洲等國的危機。多數七國集團成員也參加了以美國國務卿克里爲主導的伊核談判。

克里國務卿說：“我們相信，總統有能力通過談判達成協議，讓世界更加安全。” 他說，他努力促成兩個星期前達成伊核框架協議，現在距離達成最終協議的最後期限還有兩個半月的時間，伊核談判顯得更加重要。

七國集團外長會談期間，呂貝克戒備森嚴。有人在當地舉行示威，抗議七國集團的政策。不過，呂貝克沒有再現一個月前在法蘭克福示威中出現的暴力。

德國外長施泰因邁爾表示，儘管會談的重要性被“低估”了，但會談相當嚴肅認真，因爲各國部長有機會討論影響成百上千萬人的危機；而且，七國集團成員作爲世界最富裕的和擁有龐大軍力的國家，可以爲解決危機發揮重要作用。