新华社华盛顿8月13日电 美国国务院当地时间12日宣布，美国将恢复向沙特阿拉伯出售攻击性武器。这一决定是在也门冲突双方在联合国调停下达成停火协议后作出的。
自2021年拜登总统上任后不久，美国以也门内战为由暂停了对沙特的攻击性武器军售。2022年，也门冲突双方在联合国调停下达成停火协议，美国政府随后开始评估这一决定。经过评估，美国决定解除对沙特转让空对地武器的禁令，并考虑新的转让。
美国国务院一名高级官员表示，沙特一直是美国的密切战略伙伴，双方期待加强这种伙伴关系。他强调，美国将继续根据符合常规武器转让政策的具体案例，考虑新的武器转让。
然而，这一决定也引起了美国国内民主党和共和党议员的关注。他们长期以来一直质疑向沙特提供进攻性武器的做法，理由包括其在也门的军事行动对平民造成的伤害以及一系列人权问题。
美国政府官员表示，自停火协议达成以来，沙特没有对也门发动过任何空袭，也门对沙特的跨境袭击也基本停止。这一情况被认为是美国恢复武器销售的决定性因素。
沙特阿拉伯作为美国在中东的重要盟友，其军事和安全需求一直受到美国的关注。此次美国恢复向沙特出售攻击性武器，反映了双方在战略和安全领域进一步加强合作的意愿。
（新华社记者 何路曼 华盛顿报道）
英语如下：
News Title: “U.S. Resumes Sales of Offensive Weapons to Saudi Arabia”
Keywords: United States, Saudi Arabia, Weapons Resumption
News Content:
BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — The U.S. State Department announced on local time on August 12 that the United States will resume the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia. This decision was made following the agreement on a ceasefire reached by the conflicting parties in Yemen under United Nations mediation.
Shortly after U.S. President Biden took office in 2021, the U.S. suspended the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia due to the internal conflict in Yemen. In 2022, the warring parties in Yemen reached a ceasefire agreement under United Nations mediation, prompting the U.S. government to evaluate its decision. After the assessment, the U.S. decided to lift the ban on transferring air-to-ground weapons to Saudi Arabia and consider new transfers.
A senior State Department official said that Saudi Arabia has been a close strategic partner of the United States and that both sides look forward to strengthening this partnership. He emphasized that the U.S. will continue to consider new weapon transfers based on specific cases that align with its conventional weapons transfer policy.
However, this decision has attracted attention from lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States. They have long questioned the provision of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, citing the harm caused to civilians by its military actions in Yemen and a series of human rights issues.
Government officials in the U.S. said that since the ceasefire agreement was reached, Saudi Arabia has not launched any airstrikes against Yemen, and cross-border attacks on Saudi Arabia by Yemen have also largely ceased. This situation was considered a decisive factor in the U.S. resuming the sale of weapons.
Saudi Arabia, as an important ally of the United States in the Middle East, has always had its military and security needs taken into account by the U.S. This resumption of the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia reflects a further strengthening of cooperation between the two countries in the strategic and security fields.
(Reporter He Luming from the U.S. for the Xinhua News Agency)
【来源】http://www.chinanews.com/gj/2024/08-13/10268101.shtml
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