乌克兰与俄罗斯举行天然气争端新会谈_时事要闻

乌克兰与俄罗斯举行天然气争端新会谈

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2014-10-30 07:23 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A new round of talks is underway between Ukraine and Russia to try to settle their dispute over natural gas supplies.

乌克兰与俄罗斯就天然气供应争端展开了新一轮会谈。

The Energy Ministers from the two countries are meeting in Brussels under the mediation¹ of the European Commission.

EU Energy Commissioner² Guenther Oettinger says the main issue is where Ukraine is going to find the money do pay for Russian gas supplies.

"Our ambition is, I think our common ambition is to come to an interim³ solution, to come to a winter package, for to solve our security of supply challenges for next winter for now up to end of March 2015,"

Russian gas giant Gazprom cut off supplies to Kiev in June.

Moscow says its owed 4.5 billion US dollars in unpaid⁴ bills.

Ukraine has been searching for different funding avenues, including from the European Union.

Ukraine relies on Russia for half of all its natural gas needs.

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1 mediation
n.调解
参考例句：
The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。 The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。

2 commissioner
n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
参考例句：
The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。 He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

3 interim
adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间
参考例句：
The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。 It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

4 unpaid
adj.未付款的，无报酬的
参考例句：
Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.医生过度加班却无报酬。 He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering firm.他正在一家工程公司无偿工作一个月以获得工作经验。