艰难、曲折的中东和谈

THE ARDUOUS AND TORTUOUS MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALK

自美、苏共同主持的马德里中东和会召开一年来,长达40余年的阿、以争端进入了政治解决的新阶段,它打破了1979年“戴维营协议”签署后中东和平进程出现的徘徊不前的僵持状态,成为中东局势发展中的一个重大事件,引起国际社会的密切关注。中东和会以阿、以双边谈判和扩大的多边谈判互相交叉的形式进行,彼此呼应,逐步深入,谈判各方各有所得,但道路曲折,步履艰难,迄今尚无实质性进展。

After several rounds of heated haggling, the bilateral and multi-lateral negotiations between Arabs and Israel in the Middle East Peace Conference, though made a certain headway but actually is a talk without peace, so far there has been no substantial breakthrough at all,the main factors accounting for such a situation are as follows: (1) There are serious differences be- tween Arabs and Israel, with each side sticks to its own view and refuses to give in to the other; (2) Both sides are restricted by a multiplicity of elements; (3) The presential election and the handover and takeover between the o1d and new governments in the U.S. have exercised a negative influence over the peace talk; (4) violences and accidental outbursts have interfered considerably the peace talk. In the coming new year the Middle East peace talk is yet to be beset with difficulties, and going to walk with difficulty. To keep the momentum of the peace talk, bowever, is still the general trend of events and a situation that will accord with iuterests of various parties. At present, the Middle East peace talk is at the crucial moment, facing a new test, The role played by U, S, is still a matter of mack importance. That the U. S. is to take appropriate interfering: measures, exercising greater influence on both Arabs and Israel, espeeilaly on the latter, will prove decisive for the peace talk to make progress.