新奇! 古巴或用朗姆酒向捷克抵債!

Cuba has come up with an unusual way to repay its multimillion dollar debt to the Czech Republic - bottles of its famous rum, officials in Prague say.

據布拉格官方聲稱，古巴於日前提出了一種不尋常的方式來償還其向捷克共和國欠下的數億美元的債務--那就是用該國著名的朗姆酒來償還。

The Czech finance ministry said Havana had raised this possibility during recent negotiations on the issue.

據捷克財政部表示，哈瓦那方面最近在關於這個問題的談判中提出了這種可能性。

Cuba owes the Czech authorities $276m (222m pound), and if the offer is accepted the Czechs would have enough Cuban rum for more than a century.

古巴政府欠捷克政府2.76億美元（2.22億英鎊），如果這項提議最終達成，那麼古巴的朗姆酒足夠捷克人喝一個多世紀。

However, Prague said it preferred to get at least some of the money in cash.

不過，布拉格方面表示本方傾向於至少能獲得一些現金。

Havana's debt dates back from the Cold War era - when Cuba and what was at the time Czechoslovakia were part of the communist bloc.

哈瓦那的債務可以追溯到冷戰時期--那時古巴和當時的捷克斯洛伐克都是共產主義集團的一部分。

Cuba now does not have much money but it does have lots of rum - hence this unusual proposal, says the BBC's Rob Cameron in Prague.

據BBC駐布拉格的記者羅波·卡梅隆表示，古巴目前面臨財政緊缺，但確實存有很多朗姆酒，因此纔有了這個不尋常的提議。