俄土簽署天然氣管道協議

Russia and Turkey have put tensions over Syria behind them to agree a gas pipeline deal which would open a new route for Russian energy to western Europe.

俄羅斯和土耳其將雙方在敘利亞問題上的矛盾擱置在一旁，達成了一項天然氣管道協議，該協議將爲把俄能源輸送到西歐開闢一條新通道。

The TurkStream agreement between Russian president Vladimir Putin and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Monday would, if implemented, redraw the energy map of Europe by allowing Russia to bypass some of its gas around Ukraine.

週一，俄總統弗拉基米爾•普京(Vladimir Putin)和土總統雷傑普•塔伊普•埃爾多安(Recep Tayyip Erdogan)在伊斯坦布爾達成了“土耳其溪”(TurkStream)協議。協議若得到落實，將使俄能夠繞過烏克蘭輸送部分天然氣，重繪歐洲能源版圖。

It would also strengthen ties between Moscow and Ankara at a time of growing mistrust between Turkey and the west in the wake of the coup attempt that plunged the country into turmoil three months ago and killed 270 people.

該協議還將在土與西方之間猜忌與日俱增之際加強俄土兩國政府之間的關係。三個月前，土國內發生未遂政變，導致270人喪生，國家也因此陷入動盪，此後土與西方之間的互不信任加深。

Monday’s agreement committed the pair to construction of two lines of pipes beneath Turkish waters on the bed of the Black Sea, with a combined capacity of 30bn cubic metres of gas. One would serve the Turkish market and the other the rest of Europe.

根據週一達成的協議，兩國將致力於在黑海土耳其水域下方的海牀上鋪設兩條天然氣管道。兩條管道的總輸送能力爲300億立方米。一條將服務土耳其市場，另一條供應歐洲其他地區。

TurkStream, to be operated by Gazprom, the Russian state-owned gas monopoly, was proposed by Mr Putin two years ago as a replacement for the abandoned South Stream pipeline which had involved co-operation between Russia and several EU countries.

“土耳其溪”將由俄羅斯國有天然氣壟斷企業——俄羅斯天然氣工業股份公司(Gazprom)運營。該項目是普京在兩年前提議的，用於取代遭廢棄的“南溪”(South Stream)管道，該管道涉及俄與幾個歐盟國家之間的合作。

Talks faltered after the crisis triggered by the shooting down of a Russian Su-24 war plane by Turkish forces over the Syrian border in November 2015. But relations have thawed rapidly since June when Mr Erdogan voiced regret for the downing of the Russian jet.

2015年11月，俄一架蘇-24戰機(Su-24)在土敘邊境上空被土軍擊落，引發了一場危機，“土耳其溪”項目談判因此陷於停滯。但自今年6月埃爾多安對俄機被擊落事件表示遺憾以來，俄土兩國關係已迅速解凍。