美国敦促土耳其封锁土叙边境 US urges Turkey to seal border with Syria

The US publicly called on Turkey to do more to close its border with Syria, which has been a major conduit for the Isis to bring fighters and arms into the country.

美国公开呼吁土耳其采取更多措施关闭与叙利亚的边境。目前，这段边境已成为“伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯兰国”(ISIS)将武装人员和军火输送入叙利亚的主要渠道。

As the US announced it would send more special operations forces into Iraq and Syria to take on Isis, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he had had “repeated conversations” with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, urging him block off the border to Isis.

就在美国宣布将向伊拉克和叙利亚派遣更多特种部队打击ISIS之际，美国总统巴拉克攠巴马(Barack Obama)周二表示，他已和土耳其总统雷杰普吠伊普埃尔多安(Recep Tayyip Erdogan)“反复多次对话”，敦促后者关闭通向ISIS的边境。

The signs of friction between the US and Turkey come as the US-led coalition is trying to launch a military operation to expel Isis from the last 98km strip of the Syria-Turkish border that it still controls.

美国和土耳其之间出现冲突迹象之际，以美国为首的联盟正试图发动一次军事行动，将ISIS从它仍旧控制的叙土边境最后98公里地带中赶走。

The US and Turkey have been discussing the operation for months and US-trained forces have begun fighting Isis in part of the area, however the military plans have been partly hampered by continued disagreements between Washington and Ankara.

几个月来，美国和土耳其一直在讨论这一行动，经美国训练的部队已开始在部分地区与ISIS作战。然而，这些军事计划在一定程度上遭遇了障碍，原因是美国政府和土耳其政府之间存在持续性的分歧。

Speaking at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday, Mr Obama said of the plan to retake the border strip still controlled by Isis: “We have been having our militaries’ work together to determine how a combination of air and Turkish ground forces on the Turkish side of the border can do a much better job of sealing the border than currently is.” He added: “I think President Erdogan recognises that.”

周二在巴黎一个新闻发布会上，奥巴马提到了重新夺回仍由ISIS控制的边境地带的计划：“我们一直在让双方的部队密切合作，以确认：把空军和边境上土耳其一侧的土耳其地面部队相结合，将如何在封锁边境方面发挥更大的作用。”他补充说：“我认为埃尔多安总统认识到了这一点。”

Ashton Carter, US defence secretary, said on Tuesday that “Turkey must do more to control its often porous border”. The US would like Turkey to deploy more troops to its side of the border with Syria. A senior US official said that the discussions with Turkey about the border zone had been a “hard slog”.

周二，美国国防部长阿什顿愠祓(Ashton Carter)表示：“土耳其必须采取更多措施，控制其总是千疮百孔的边境。”美国希望土耳其向土叙边境土耳其一侧部署更多部队。一名美国高官表示，与土耳其就边境地带开展磋商是一项“艰苦的工作”。

The Turks have been pushing for a broader plan that would turn the area into a safe zone for refugees and rebel soldiers once Isis has been expelled. Mr Carter said that the US was against the idea of a safe zone because of the difficulty of retaining control. He added that the Turks “have not offered a force of the size that would do that [secure the zone]”.

土耳其一直在推动一项更大的计划：一旦ISIS被赶走，就将该地区改为难民和反对派士兵的安全区。卡特表示，由于重获对该地区的控制十分困难，美国反对安全区的主意。他补充说，土耳其“并未提供会实现这一点（确保该地区安全）的武装力量”。