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美防长马蒂斯香会演讲(中评社 郭至君摄)

  中评社新加坡6月2日电(记者 臧涵 郭至君)2018年香格里拉对话会昨日进入第二天议程,美国国防部长马蒂斯在主题为“美国领导与印太安全的挑战”全体会议中发表演讲

  以下为演讲英文全文:

  
  THANK YOU, JOHN. GOOD MORNING, EXCELLENCIES & FELLOW MINISTERS. AND THANK YOU TO IISS

  IT’S AN HONOR TO COME BEFORE YOU FOR THE 2ND TIME AS SECDEF HERE AT THE SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE, - THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SENIOR OFFICIALS TO MEET, SHARE PERSPECTIVES & REINFORCE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A FREE & OPEN INDO-PACIFIC, - AND IN PARTICULAR HOW WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO SUSTAIN THAT VISION...

  LAST YEAR, I CAME PRIMARILY TO LISTEN. I HAVE VISITED THIS REGION 6 TIMES SINCE THEN & MY LISTENING HAS CONFIRMED FOR ME THE HIGH DEGREE OF COMMONALITY AMONG THE NATIONS IN THIS DIVERSE REGION

  TODAY, I COME TO SHARE THE TRUMP ADMIN’S WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY, WHICH ESPOUSES THE SHARED PRINCIPLES THAT UNDERPIN A FREE & OPEN INDO-PACIFIC…

  FOR AS PM MODI REFLECTED LAST NIGHT, A COMMITMENT TO COMMON VALUES MUST BE THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH WE BUILD A SHARED DESTINY
As Prepared, Embargoed Until Delivery

  STANDING SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER W/ INDIA, ASEAN & OUR TREATY ALLIES & OTHER PARTNERS, AMERICA SEEKS TO HELP BUILD AN INDO-PACIFIC WHERE SOVEREIGNTY & TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY ARE SAFEGUARDED, THE PROMISE OF FREEDOM FULFILLED AND PROSPERITY PREVAILS FOR ALL

  IN FIRM SUPPORT OF THIS VISION, AMERICA’S RECENTLY RELEASED NAT’L SECURITY & NAT’L DEFENSE STRATEGIES EXPRESS THE TRUMP ADMIN’S PRINCIPLED REALISM. THEY TAKE A CLEAR-EYED VIEW OF THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT & RECOGNIZE THAT COMPETITION AMONG NATIONS NOT ONLY PERSISTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY, IT IS INTENSIFYING - BOTH STRATEGIES AFFIRM THE INDO-PACIFIC IS CRITICAL FOR AMERICA’S CONTINUED STABILITY, SECURITY & PROSPERITY

  AMERICA’S INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY IS A SUBSET OF OUR BROADER SECURITY STRATEGY, CODIFYING OUR PRINCIPLES AS AMERICA CONTINUES TO “LOOK WEST.” IN IT:- DEEPENING ALLIANCES & PARTNERSHIPS IS A PRIORITY, - ASEAN’S CENTRALITY REMAINS VITAL, - & CO-OP W/ CHINA IS WELCOME WHEREVER POSSIBLE

  AND WHILE WE EXPLORE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL MULTILATERAL COOPERATION, WE WILL DEEPEN OUR ENGAGEMENT W/ EXISTING REGIONAL MECHANISMS

  IN THE EARLY YEARS OF OUR REPUBLIC, PRES. THOMAS JEFFERSON SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH AMERICA’S PRESENCE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, THE PART OF OUR COUNTRY WHERE I LATER GREW UP…

  JEFFERSON ANTICIPATED THIS COASTAL REGION WOULD BECOME A GATEWAY TO THE PACIFIC AND OPEN UP VAST OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED TRADE AND COMMERCE. AMERICA HAS EXPANDED ITS ENGAGEMENT AND DEEPENED ITS CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THIS REGION EVER SINCE

  SO MAKE NO MISTAKE:AMERICA IS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC TO STAY. THIS IS OUR PRIORITY THEATRE; OUR INTERESTS & THE REGION’S ARE INEXTRICABLY INTERTWINED
OUR INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY MAKES SIGNIFICANT SECURITY, ECONOMIC & DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS THAT DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN SUPPORT OF OUR VISION OF A SAFE, SECURE, PROSPEROUS & FREE INDO-PACIFIC BASED ON SHARED PRINCIPLES WITH THOSE NATIONS, LARGE AND SMALL, WHO BELIEVE THEIR FUTURE LIES:

  -IN RESPECT FOR SOVEREIGNTY & INDEPENDENCE OF EVERY NATION, NO MATTER ITS SIZE, 

  -IN FREEDOM FOR ALL NATIONS WISHING TO TRANSIT INT’L WATERS & AIR SPACE, 

  -IN PEACEFUL DISPUTE RESOLUTION W/OUT COERCION, 

  -IN FREE, FAIR & RECIPROCAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT, 

  - & IN ADHERENCE TO INT’L RULES & NORMS THAT HAVE PROVIDED THIS REGION W/ RELATIVE PEACE AND GROWING PROSPERITY FOR THE LAST 70 YEARS…

  TO THESE PRINCIPLES, AMERICA IS TRUE IN BOTH WORD AND DEED:IN OUR ECONOMICS, WE SEEK FAIR COMPETITION. WE DO NOT PRACTICE PREDATORY ECONOMICS. WE STAND CONSISTENT W/ OUR PRINCIPLES

  THIS U.S. STRATEGY RECOGNIZES NO ONE NATION CAN OR SHOULD DOMINATE THE INDO-PACIFIC. FOR THOSE WHO WANT PEACE & SELF-DETERMINATION, WE ALL HAVE A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD OUR SHARED FUTURE

  AS WE LOOK TO THAT FUTURE, OUR INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY WILL BRING TO BEAR U.S. STRENGTHS & ADVANTAGES, REINVIGORATING AREAS OF UNDERINVESTMENT
As Prepared, Embargoed Until Delivery

  THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL THEMES OF OUR STRATEGY

  FIRST, EXPANDING ATTN ON THE MARITIME SPACE. THE MARITIME COMMONS IS A GLOBAL GOOD & SEA LANES OF COMMUNICATION ARE THE ARTERIES OF ECONOMIC VITALITY FOR ALL. OUR VISION IS TO PRESERVE THAT VITALITY BY HELPING OUR PARTNERS BUILD UP NAVAL & LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITIES TO IMPROVE MONITORING & PROTECTION OF MARITIME BORDERS & INTERESTS

  SECOND, INTEROPERABILITY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT A NETWORK OF ALLIES & PARTNERS IS A FORCE-MULTIPLIER. THEREFORE WE WILL ENSURE THAT OUR MILITARY IS ABLE TO MORE EASILY INTEGRATE WITH OTHERS - THIS APPLIES TO BOTH HARDWARE & SOFTWARE, BY PROMOTING FINANCING & SALES OF CUTTING-EDGE U.S. DEFENSE EQUIPMENT TO SECURITY PARTNERS & OPENING THE APERTURE OF U.S. PROFESSIONAL MIL EDUCATION TO MORE INDO-PACIFIC MILITARY NON-COMS AND OFFICERS

  THROUGH OUR SECURITY COOPERATION WE ARE BUILDING CLOSER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OUR MILITARIES -- AND OUR ECONOMIES -- ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO ENDURING TRUST

  A THIRD THEME IS STRENGTHENING RULE OF LAW, CIVIL SOCIETY, & TRANSPARENT GOVERNANCE. THIS IS THE SUNLIGHT THAT EXPOSES THE MALIGN INFLUENCE THAT THREATENS SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OUR DEFENSE ENGAGEMENTS REINFORCE THIS THEME, - WHETHER OUR PROFESSIONAL MIL EDUCATION, OR COMBINED MIL EXERCISES, OR IN THE DAY-TO-DAY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OUR SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES & COASTGUARDSMEN AND THE ARMED FORCES FROM ACROSS THIS REGION

  A FOURTH THEME IS PRIVATE-SECTOR-LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE U.S. RECOGNIZES THE REGION’S NEED FOR GREATER INVESTMENT, INCLUDING IN INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ARE REINVIGORATING OUR DEVELOPMENT & FINANCE INSTITUTIONS TO ENABLE US TO BE BETTER, MORE RESPONSIVE PARTNERS

  U.S. AGENCIES WILL WORK MORE CLOSELY W/ REGIONAL ECONOMIC PARTNERS TO PROVIDE END-TO-END SOLUTIONS THAT NOT ONLY BUILD TANGIBLE PRODUCTS, BUT ALSO TRANSFER EXPERIENCE & AMERICAN KNOW-HOW SO GROWTH IS HIGH-VALUE AND HIGH-QUALITY,

  - NOT EMPTY PROMISES & SURRENDER OF ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY…

  THE U.S. STANDS READY TO COOPERATE W/ ALL NATIONS TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION. WHILE A FREE & OPEN INDO-PACIFIC IS IN ALL OF OUR INTERESTS, IT WILL ONLY BE POSSIBLE IF   WE ALL PULL TOGETHER TO UPHOLD IT

  TO PROTECT SHARED PRINCIPLES, WE WILL CONTINUE PARTNERING W/ EXISTING REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS. CENTRAL AMONG THESE, OF COURSE, IS:- ASEAN AND THE INSTITUTIONS IT CREATED, SUCH AS THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM, THE ASEAN DEFENSE MINISTERS MEETING PLUS; & THE EAST ASIA SUMMIT;

  - THE ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM;

  - &TRILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL MECHANISMS OF LIKE-MINDED PARTNERS

  A CENTRAL ELEMENT OF OUR STRATEGY IS THE STRENGTHENING OF OUR ALLIANCES & PARTNERSHIPS IN TERMS OF MUTUAL BENEFIT & TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS.

  WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING BY, WITH, AND THROUGH ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO ADDRESS COMMON CHALLENGES, ENHANCE SHARED CAPABILITIES, INCREASE DEFENSE INVESTMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE, IMPROVE INTEROPERABILITY, STREAMLINE INFORMATION SHARING, AND BUILD NETWORKS OF CAPABLE AND LIKE-MINDED PARTNERS

  IN NORTHEAST ASIA, THE DYNAMIC SECURITY ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR ROBUST ALLIANCE AND PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS 

  ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA, WE HOLD THE LINE, SUPPORTING OUR DIPLOMATS WHO LEAD THIS EFFORT. OUR OBJECTIVE REMAINS THE COMPLETE, VERIFIABLE, AND IRREVERSIBLE DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA 

  - THE INT’L COMMUNITY IS IN ALIGNMENT HERE, AS EVIDENCED BY MULTIPLE, UNANIMOUS UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS

  BEYOND NORTH KOREA, WE ARE FOCUSED ON MODERNIZING OUR ALLIANCES W/ BOTH R.O.K. & JAPAN, TRANSFORMING THESE CRITICAL ALLIANCES TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY

  THE DEPT OF DEFENSE REMAINS STEADFASTLY COMMITTED TO WORKING W/TAIWAN TO PROVIDE THE DEFENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT SELF-DEFENSE, CONSISTENT W/ OBLIGATIONS SET OUT IN OUR TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT WE OPPOSE ALL UNILATERAL EFFORTS TO ALTER THE STATUS QUO & WILL CONTINUE TO INSIST ANY RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENCES ACCORD W/ THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TAIWAN STRAIT

  IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, WE HAVE REINVIGORATED OUR LONGSTANDING ALLIANCES WITH THE PHILIPPINES & THAILAND WHILE BOLSTERING OUR ENDURING PARTNERSHIP WITH SINGAPORE.

  AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE SEEKING TO DEVELOP NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH PIVOTAL PLAYERS ACROSS THE REGION, SUCH AS INDONESIA, MALAYSIA & VIETNAM, WHERE WE HAVE MADE HISTORIC PROGRESS BASED ON SHARED INTERESTS AND MUTUAL RESPECT

  WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ASEAN’S CENTRALITY IN THE REGIONAL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE & SEEK TO EMPOWER IT. THE MORE ASEAN SPEAKS W/ ONE VOICE, THE BETTER WE CAN MAINTAIN A REGION FREE FROM COERCION, ONE THAT LIVES BY RESPECT FOR INT’L LAW...

  IN OCEANIA, OUR ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS ARE BASED NOT ONLY ON COMMON SECURITY INTERESTS, BUT ALSO ON DEEPLY-SHARED VALUES AND A LONG HISTORY OF SHARED SACRIFICE

  AUSTRALIA REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST ALLIES, AND THIS YEAR, WE CELEBRATE OUR FIRST 100 YEARS OF MATESHIP. 

  WE ARE ALSO REVITALIZING OUR DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW ZEALAND. WE MODERNIZE THESE KEY ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS TO ENSURE THEY ARE AS RELEVANT TO THE SECURITY CHALLENGES OF THIS CENTURY AS THEY WERE TO THE LAST

  OUR STRATEGY ALSO RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, “AMERICA’S GATEWAY TO THE INDO-PACIFIC,” AND A REGION WHERE WE ARE STEPPING UP OUR ENGAGEMENT. THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET MADE GOOD ON OUR LONG-OVERDUE PROMISE TO FUND OUR COMPACT OF ASSOCIATION WITH PALAU, AND THIS IS JUST A DOWN PAYMENT ON THE INITIATIVES TO COME IN THIS IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORLD

  IN SOUTH ASIA, WE ARE STRENGTHENING OUR PARTNERSHIPS, PARTICULARLY WITH INDIA. PRIME MINISTER MODI’S REMARKS YESTERDAY UNDERSCORED INDIA’S ROLE AS A LEADER AND RESPONSIBLE STEWARD IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION. THE U.S. VALUES THE ROLE INDIA CAN PLAY IN REGIONAL & GLOBAL SECURITY, AND WE VIEW THE U.S.-INDIA RELATIONSHIP AS A NATURAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE WORLD’S TWO LARGEST DEMOCRACIES BASED ON A CONVERGENCE OF STRATEGIC INTERESTS, SHARED VALUES & RESPECT FOR A RULES-BASED INT’L ORDER

  OUR REGIONAL COOPERATION IS GROWING IN A RANGE OF AREAS CONSISTENT WITH THESE SHARED OBJECTIVES. OUR PARTNERSHIP EXTENDS BEYOND THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION, AND WE WELCOME INDIA’S CONTINUED SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO STABILITY & RECONSTRUCTION IN AFG

  WE ARE ALSO INCREASING OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH OTHER PACIFIC ALLIES, SUCH AS THE U.K., FRA & CANADA, WITH WHOM WE SHARE ENDURING INTERESTS IN THE REGION…

  A GENERATION FROM NOW, WE WILL BE JUDGED ON WHETHER WE SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATED RISING POWERS WHILE INCREASING ECON. PROSPERITY, MAINTAINING INT’L COOPERATION BASED ON AGREED-UPON RULES & NORMS, PROTECTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF OUR PEOPLES & AVOIDING CONFLICT…

  OUR INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY INFORMS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA

  WE ARE AWARE CHINA WILL FACE AN ARRAY OF CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN COMING YEARS, WE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPORT CHINA’S CHOICES IF THEY PROMOTE LONG-TERM PEACE AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL IN THIS DYNAMIC REGION

  YET CHINA’S POLICY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA STANDS IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE OPENNESS OUR STRATEGY PROMOTES; IT CALLS INTO QUESTION CHINA’S BROADER, GOALS

  CHINA’S MILITARIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL FEATURES IN THE SCS INCLUDES THE DEPLOYMENT OF ANTI-SHIP MISSILES, SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES, ELECTRONIC JAMMERS &, MORE RECENTLY, THE LANDING OF BOMBER AIRCRAFT AT WOODY ISLAND

  DESPITE CHINA’S CLAIMS TO THE CONTRARY, THE PLACEMENT OF THESE WEAPON SYSTEMS IS TIED DIRECTLY TO MILITARY USE FOR THE PURPOSES OF INTIMIDATION AND COERCION

  - CHINA’S MILITARIZATION OF THE SPRATLY’S IS ALSO IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO PRES. XI’S 2015 PUBLIC ASSURANCES IN THE WHITE HOUSE ROSE GARDEN

  FOR THESE REASONS, AND AS AN INITIAL RESPONSE TO CHINA’S CONTINUED MILITARIZATION OF THE SCS, LAST WEEK WE DISINVITED THE PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY NAVY FROM THE 2018 RIM OF THE PACIFIC EXERCISE, AS CHINA’S BEHAVIOR IS INCONSISTENT W/ THE PRINCIPLES & PURPOSES OF THE RIMPAC EXERCISE – ONE IN WHICH TRANSPARENCY AND COOPERATION ARE HALLMARKS

  TO BE CLEAR, WE DO NOT ASK ANY COUNTRY TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE U.S. & CHINA, 

  - BECAUSE A FRIEND DOES NOT DEMAND YOU CHOOSE AMONG THEM

 CHINA SHOULD AND DOES HAVE A VOICE IN SHAPING THE INT’L SYSTEM AND ALL OF CHINA’S NEIGHBORS HAVE A VOICE IN SHAPING CHINA’S ROLE. THE U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE A CONSTRUCTIVE, RESULTS-ORIENTED RELATIONSHIP W/ CHINA, COOPERATING WHEN POSSIBLE & COMPETING VIGOROUSLY WHERE WE MUST…

  OF COURSE WE RECOGNIZE ANY SUSTAINABLE INDO-PACIFIC ORDER HAS A ROLE FOR CHINA. AT CHINA’S INVITATION, I WILL TRAVEL TO BEIJING SOON IN OUR OPEN, TRANSPARENT APPROACH TO BROADENING AND DEEPENING THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN OUR TWO PACIFIC NATIONS

  I WILL END AS I BEGAN – AS A PACIFIC NATION, THE U.S. REMAINS COMMITTED TO BUILDING A SHARED DESTINY WITH THIS REGION

  THE U.S. OFFERS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS – NOT STRATEGIC DEPENDENCE. ALONGSIDE OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS, AMERICA REMAINS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING THE REGION’S SECURITY, STABILITY & ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, A VIEW THAT TRANSCENDS AMERICA’S POLITICAL TRANSITIONS & WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY WASHINGTON’S STRONG BIPARTISAN SUPPORT

  FOR AS PRES. TRUMP SAID IN DA NANG, “WE WILL NEVER ASK OUR PARTNERS TO SURRENDER THEIR SOVEREIGNTY [OR] INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY… WE DON’T DREAM OF DOMINATION.”

  WORKING TOGETHER ON THE BASIS OF SHARED PRINCIPLES, WE CAN CREATE A FUTURE THAT PROVIDES PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND SECURITY FOR ALL... “A CONSTELLATION OF NATIONS, EACH ITS OWN BRIGHT STAR, SATELLITES TO NONE”

  THANK YOU LADIES & GENTLEMEN. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS

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