News bubbled last week that “Belarussian president has agreed to a merger with Russia”. It also caused a former NATO secretary‘s “concern”, who demanded on that occasion that Belarus protect itself against “Russian threats.”
“白俄罗斯总统同意与俄罗斯合并”的消息上周传得沸沸扬扬，还引来了北约前秘书长的“关怀”，借此要求白俄罗斯保护自己免受“俄罗斯威胁”。
Belarussian president Lukashenko personally rebuked the rumor on February 22, stating the importance of national sovereignty and independence. He also said that as president, he would not merge Belarus into another country at any time.
对于这一传言，白俄罗斯总统卢卡申科2月22日亲自辟谣，他重申了国家主权和独立的重要性，并表示作为总统，任何时候都不会将白俄罗斯并入他国。
According to the Belarussian president’s press office on February 22, Lukashenko said on that day, while inspecting the Military Academy of Belarus and having exchanges with the academy’s teachers and students, that “national sovereignty and independence are the most important achievements we have made now. To have become the first president of this sovereign and independent state is something that makes me proud and happy.”
据白俄罗斯总统新闻局22日消息，卢卡申科当天在视察白俄罗斯共和国军事学院并与该学院师生进行交流时表示：“主权和独立是我们当今取得的最重要成就，我为能成为这个主权国家的第一任总统感到骄傲和高兴。”
Concerning speculation abroad that Belarus could merge into Russia, Lukashenko asked back: “What kind of people could allow such things to happen, after having established and lead an independent country? Would you destroy it with your own hands by letting it become part of another country? Poland or Russia? I will never take this road.
对于外界有关白俄罗斯并入俄罗斯的猜测，卢卡申科反问：“什么样的人会在建立和领导独立国家之后，允许这样的事发生？你会亲手去摧毁它，让它成为其他国家的一部分吗？波兰还是俄罗斯？我永远不会走这条路。”
Lukashenko emphasized that he had clear boundaries that he would never cross, among them, as the most important one, that of defending his country’s sovereignty and independence. He appealed not to pay attention to foreign conjectures that Belarus could lose its sovereignty and independence.
卢卡申科强调，自己有明确的不能逾越的界限，其中最重要的界限就是守卫本国的主权与独立。他呼吁，不要去理会外界关于白俄罗斯会失去其主权和独立性的猜测。
However, he said on the same day that “Russia is our important friend. No matter how many contradictions and disputes we may have, we and Russia will always be together.”
不过，他当天也表示：“俄罗斯是我们重要的朋友，无论我们有多少矛盾和争执，我们和俄罗斯永远在一起”。
Before, there had been rumors abroad that “Belarusian president Lukashenko has announced preparations to merge with Russia,” even with people relating that he had said that “tomorrow there can be a merger into Russia, no problem.”
此前，外界曾盛传“白俄罗斯总统卢卡申科宣布准备与俄罗斯合并”一事，甚至有人转述卢卡申科的话说：“明天就可以并入俄罗斯，没问题”。
Guanchazhe online checked on many Russian and Belarusian official media reporting that Lukashenko had not announced a “Belarusian-Russian merger,” but had made a vigorous statement about the two countries’ union (Guanchazhe note: the original word was объединение, meaning union or unification, translated as integration by Russian media.)
观察者网查证多家俄媒与白俄罗斯官方媒体报道，卢卡申科并没有宣布“白俄合并”，而是对两国联合（观察者网注：原文объединение意为联合、统一，俄媒译为一体化）进行了积极表态。
Reacting to the sentence of “merger tomorrow”, TASS quoted Lukashenko’s original words as being “provided that you are prepared, we can have a union tomorrow (объединиться вдвоем), that’s no problem. But are the Russian and Belarusian people well prepared? (но готовы ли вы),” “if well prepared, we will fulfill the will of the people.”
针对那句“明天就合并”，塔斯社援引卢卡申科说法，其实原话是这样，“只要你们准备好，明天我们就可以联合（объединиться вдвоем），这点没有问题，但是白俄罗斯人和俄罗斯人们准备好了吗？（но готовы ли вы）”，“如果准备好了，我们将履行人民的意志。”
According to Belarusian newsagency belta.by reporting, Lukashenko had previously also reiterated that sovereignty was sacred and could not be violated.
据白方官媒白俄罗斯通讯社（belta.by）报道，卢卡申科此前也重申了主权神圣不可侵犯。
Meanwhile, Russian president Vladimir Putin had vaguely commented about “Belarusian-Russian integration”, discussing his opinion about “independence” and saying that “there is no completely independent country in the world. No matter if they are big or small countries, today’s world is interdependent.”
俄罗斯总统普京则对“白俄一体化”进行了模糊表态，他谈到了自己对“独立”的看法，称“世界上不存在完全独立的国家，无论是大国还是小国都是如此，现代世界相互依存。”
On February 22, Lukashenko also mentioned the INF treaty. He said that Russia had not violated the treaty in question, and voiced concern that America could deploy missiles after its withdrawal [from the treaty]. He believed that this could create a very big threat to Belarus. He said that Belarus would need to consider countermeasures.
22日，卢卡申科也谈及了《中导条约》问题，他表示，相信俄方未违反相应条约，并对美国在退约之后可能在欧洲部署导弹表示担忧，认为这将对白俄罗斯造成很大威胁。他表示白俄罗斯需要与俄罗斯共同思考如何采取回应措施。
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