印防長跟五角大樓簽署重要後勤補給協議

The U.S. and India have signed a key logistics agreement that will enable U.S. and Indian forces to use each other's bases for repair and replenishment of supplies.

美國和印度簽署重要後勤補給協議，使雙方軍隊可以使用對方基地進行維修和補充給養。

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told reporters Monday at the Pentagon that he and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar formally signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) earlier in the day. The two defense leaders had agreed on the memorandum “in principle” when they last met in India in April.

美國國防部長卡特星期一在五角大樓對記者說，他和印度國防部長馬諾哈·帕裏卡稍早正式簽署了《後勤交換協議備忘錄》。兩位領導人4月份在印度會晤時就“原則上”同意簽署這份備忘錄。

Carter said the agreement is “fully mutual” and makes joint operations easier and more efficient. Both defense leaders stressed the agreement did not allow each nation to set up bases on the other, but to use bases and equipment only for “operating together when we choose to.”

卡特說，該協議“完全互惠”，使聯合行動更方便更高效。兩位國防部長強調，協議沒有授權在彼此境內建立基地，而是僅在“我們選擇一起行動時”使用對方的基地和設備。

“It doesn’t have anything to do with the setting up of bases,” Parrikar added. “It’s basically logistics support.”

帕裏卡說：“這與建立基地沒有任何關係。”“它就是後勤支援。”

During Parrikar's visit to the Pentagon, the two defense leaders discussed India’s recent designation as a major U.S. defense partner.

帕裏卡到訪五角大樓期間，兩位國防領導人還討論了印度最近被確定爲美國一個主要國防合作伙伴的問題。

The designation recently was announced during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's June visit to Washington, and Carter said it allows the United States military to cooperate with India’s military “in a way that we do only with our closest and most long-standing allies.”

這個定位是在印度總理莫迪六月訪問華盛頓時宣佈的。卡特說，它使美國軍方能夠“以只有對待我們最親密和最持久的盟友的方式”同印度軍方進行合作。

Monday’s talks at the Pentagon, the sixth meeting between the two defense chiefs, comes ahead of key annual exercises in India between U.S. and Indian forces.

週一在五角大樓的會談是兩位國防部領導人第六次會晤。美印兩國不久將在印度舉行重要的年度聯合演習。