美国国务院新闻发言人表示……

2022-12-21 10:12

在12月20日美国国务院新闻发布会上，发言人普赖斯与中国有关的评论要点摘录如下：

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问：回到亚洲。中国的新冠疫情。你昨天提到有——鉴于中国正在发生的事情，有对全球经济的关切。我们的许多新闻机构有进行报道，火葬场接收了大量的死亡人员。你能进一步谈一谈美国如何评估中国的新冠疫情形势吗？在这方面，有没有什么可能是美国可以或者愿意做的呢？

普赖斯先生： 我昨天说过这一点，美国和全世界其他国家一道希望看到中华人民共和国战胜这次疫情，控制住新冠。当然，之所以如此是因为我们不希望在任何地方看到死亡或疾病的扩散。我们也知道，不管任何时候，当病毒在任何地方以不受控的方式广泛传播时，可能——病毒就有可能出现变异株。我们已经亲眼看到发生了变异，并且变异株已经在世界各地传播所导致的代价。第三，我们也表明在中国发生的事情的确会影响全球经济。中华人民共和国有能力控制住这次的疫情不仅对于中华人民共和国重要，对于国际社会经济复苏的继续也是重要的。

我们认为，在这样做的过程中，重要的是，所有国家——这包括中华人民共和国——重要的是，所有国家都将重点放在让人们接种疫苗和提高检测和治疗的可及性上来。我们已经公开说过很多次，美国是全世界新冠疫苗的最大捐助方。我们准备好继续在这方面，以及在其他新冠肺炎相关的卫生健康支持方面为包括中国在内的世界各地的人们提供支持。我们都集体尽我们所能，帮助中国控制住疫情，这符合国际社会的利益。

问：我就再问最后一点，你说美国当然是全球应对新冠疫情物资最大的捐助方。这算不算是在向中国表达提供疫苗的意向？是否实际上已经和中华人民共和国正式讨论过这件事？

普赖斯先生：这个我不会私下来讨论，但我们已经多次公开表示，我们是全球新冠疫苗最大的捐助方。我们准备好继续在这方面，以及在其他新冠肺炎相关的卫生健康支持方面为包括中国在内的世界各地的国家提供支持。这深刻符合全世界的利益。我们的新冠疫苗安全有效，并且我们已经将它提供给世界各国——无论有没有、或者即便有任何政治上的分歧。对我们来说，这无关政治，这无关地缘政治。这关乎拯救生命和拯救民生。

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此次新闻发布会全文：https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-december-20-2022/

At the December 20 Department of State Press Briefing, Spokesperson Ned Price comments included the following excerpted points related to China…

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QUESTION: Back to Asia. COVID in China. You mentioned yesterday that there was – there are concerns for the global economy, in terms of what’s happening in China. There are reports from many of our news outlets, but crematoriums having huge caseloads of dead people. Is there anything you can further about how the U.S. assesses the COVID situation in China? Is there anything potentially that the United States could or is willing to do on that regard?

MR PRICE: I made the point yesterday that the United States joins the rest of the world in hoping to see the PRC defeat this outbreak and to get COVID under control. That, of course, is the case because we don’t want to see death or disease spread anywhere. We also know that whenever the virus is spreading anywhere widely in an uncontrolled fashion, the potential – it has the potential for variants to emerge. We’ve already seen firsthand the cost of variants that have mutated and that have spread around the world. But third, we also note that what happens in China does have implications for the global economy. And it’s important not only for the PRC but also for the continued economic recovery of the international community that the PRC is in a position to get this outbreak under control.

We believe in doing so it’s important that all countries – and this includes the PRC – it’s important that all countries focus on getting people vaccinated and making testing and treatment easily available. We’ve said this many times publicly, but the U.S. is the largest donor of COVID-19 vaccines around the world. We are prepared to continue to support people around the world, including in China, with this and other COVID-related health support. This is in the interests of the international community that we all collectively do everything we can to help China get this under control.

QUESTION: Can I just – the last point, you’re saying that the U.S. of course is the largest donor on COVID supplies. Is this basically an offer of vaccines to China? Has it actually been formally discussed with the PRC?

MR PRICE: Look, I’m not going to go into private discussions, but we’ve made the point many times publicly that we are the largest donor of COVID-19 vaccines around the world. We’re prepared to continue to support countries around the world, including China, on this and other COVID-related health support. This is profoundly in the interests of the rest of the world. Our COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, and we’ve provided them to countries around the world regardless or in spite of any political disagreements. For us, this is not about politics; it’s not about geopolitics. It is about saving lives, saving livelihoods.

For full transcripts of this press briefing: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-december-20-2022/

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