赵立坚11日主持外交部例行记者会。有外媒记者提问说，发言人能否证实中方近日向塞尔维亚交付了红旗-9防空系统？这是否和当前的乌克兰局势有关？赵立坚表示，为落实中国和塞尔维亚双边合作计划，中方近日派遣空军运输机，向塞尔维亚运送常规军事物资，这是中塞双方年度计划内合作项目。我们希望有关媒体不要过度解读，这个项目也不针对第三方，与当前的局势也毫无关系。
BEIJING, April 12 -- China’s recent dispatch of its air force transport planes to Serbia aimed to deliver regular military supplies, the project is part of the bilateral cooperation plan and not targeted at any third party, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on April 11. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily press briefing, when asked by a foreign reporter whether the move was related to the current situation in Ukraine. “To follow through on the bilateral cooperation plan, China has recently sent air force transport planes to deliver regular military supplies to Serbia. This is a cooperation project that falls under our annual plan,” the spokesperson said, adding that the project is not targeted at any third party, nor does it have anything to do with the current situation.
外媒记者追问说，中方向塞尔维亚出售军事物资是否担心损害该地区脆弱的和平？赵立坚反问道：“我不知道你这个问题是什么意思？美国向欧洲、向台湾地区出售武器，你们关心过损害地区和平稳定了吗？中国向塞尔维亚出售一些常规军事物资，难道就会有损地区和平与稳定了吗？”
When further asked if the delivery could harm regional peace, Zhao replied, “Did you ever care whether regional peace and stability is threatened when the US sold arms to Europe and Taiwan? Why do you think it’s so when China sells some conventional military supplies to Serbia?” “We hope relevant media can avoid reading too much into it,” the spokesperson noted.
