VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：韓國(guó)希望駐韓美軍留下

South Korea Wants US Troops to Stay

韓國(guó)希望駐韓美軍留下

South Korea said on Wednesday that U.S. troops should stay in the country, even if a peace treaty is signed with North Korea.

韓國(guó)周三表示，即使同朝鮮簽署和平條約，美國(guó)軍隊(duì)也應(yīng)該留在韓國(guó)。

Kim Eui-kyeom is a spokesperson for South Korea's President Moon Jae-in. Kim was responding to reporters' questions about a recent column written by a presidential adviser. It said that if a peace treaty was signed, justifying the presence of U.S. forces in South Korea would be difficult.

金宜謙(Kim Eui-kyeom)是韓國(guó)總統(tǒng)文在寅的發(fā)言人。金宜謙當(dāng)時(shí)是在回應(yīng)記者關(guān)于一位總統(tǒng)顧問(wèn)最近撰寫(xiě)的專(zhuān)欄文章。文章寫(xiě)道，如果朝韓兩國(guó)簽署和平條約，就很難證明美國(guó)駐韓部隊(duì)存在的合理性。

Kim said, "U.S. troops stationed in South Korea are an issue regarding the alliance between South Korea and the United States. It has nothing to do with signing peace treaties."

金宜謙表示：“美軍駐守在韓國(guó)事關(guān)韓國(guó)與美國(guó)的同盟關(guān)系，跟南北方簽署和平協(xié)議毫無(wú)關(guān)聯(lián)。”

Another presidential official added that South Korea wants the U.S. to stay because its forces act as a mediator in case of military conflicts between powers such as China and Japan.

另一位總統(tǒng)官員補(bǔ)充說(shuō)，韓國(guó)希望美國(guó)留下來(lái)，因?yàn)槿f(wàn)一韓國(guó)與中國(guó)和日本這種強(qiáng)國(guó)發(fā)生沖突，美軍可以扮演調(diào)停人角色。

The United States currently has about 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea. American soldiers have been stationed there since the Korean War, which ended in 1953. North Korea has long demanded their withdrawal as one of the conditions for giving up its nuclear and missile programs.

美國(guó)目前駐扎在韓國(guó)的部隊(duì)大約有28.5萬(wàn)人。自1953年朝鮮戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)結(jié)束以來(lái)美軍就一直駐扎于此。朝鮮長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)一直要求把美國(guó)撤出韓國(guó)作為他們放棄核計(jì)劃和導(dǎo)彈計(jì)劃的條件之一。

However, U.S. troops were not discussed in last week's declaration by Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The two leaders said they would work for the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean peninsula.

然而，上周文在寅和朝鮮領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人金正恩發(fā)表的聲明中并沒(méi)有提到美軍。兩位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人表示他們將會(huì)致力于朝鮮的“徹底無(wú)核化”。

The North Korean leader is also expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in late May or June.

朝鮮領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人金正恩預(yù)計(jì)還將與美國(guó)總統(tǒng)川普在五月底或六月會(huì)面。

I'm Jonathan Evans.

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