Could neutrality offer a way out of the Ukrainian war?
中立能否为乌克兰战争提供一条出路？
Although a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers ended in failure on Thursday, there were hints of a possible diplomatic path based on the idea of neutrality.
尽管周四俄罗斯和乌克兰外长之间的会议以失败告终，但有迹象表明可能有一条基于中立理念的外交途径。
Ukrainian officials have in recent days suggested that neutral status with security guarantees could be an alternative to Nato membership, a red line for Moscow for years.
乌克兰官员近日表示，有安全保障的中立国地位可以替代北约(Nato)成员国身份，北约是莫斯科多年来的一条红线。
“Regarding [joining] Nato, I have cooled down regarding this question a long time ago, after we understood that Nato is not prepared to accept Ukraine,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with ABC News this week.
俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基(Volodymyr Zelensky)本周在接受美国广播公司新闻频道(ABC News)采访时表示：“关于(加入)北约，我很久以前就对这个问题冷静下来了，因为我们知道北约还没有准备好接受乌克兰。”
His foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday: “The real issue for Ukraine is hard security guarantees, similar to the ones that members of Nato have.”
他的外交部长德米特罗·库勒巴(Dmytro Kuleba)周四表示：“对乌克兰来说，真正的问题是硬安全保障，就像北约成员国拥有的那样。”
He added: “We need these guarantees primarily from Russia, because it’s the country that committed an act of aggression against us. But also from other countries, including permanent members of the UN Security Council.”
他补充说：“我们主要需要俄罗斯的这些保证，因为正是这个国家对我们犯下了侵略行为。但也需要来自其他国家的保证，包括联合国安理会常任理事国。”