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در حاشیه نشست گروه 8 در مسکو، وزرای خارجه امریکا و روسیه به جر و بحث با یکدیگر پرداختند که سوژه خوبی را برای  گزارشگران ایجاد کرد . در اینجا قسمتی از مشاجرات و مکالمات این دو دیپلمات بلند پایه را که از سر میز شام آغاز میشود را می توانید بخوانید. منبع این گزارش روزنامه نیویورک تایمز می باشد.  

Communiqué: بیانیه

Bickering:   دعوا کردن arque or quarrel about unimportant things.  

Squabble:    جروبحث کردن arque about unimportant things

Arcane: محرمانه  very secret

Balk: مخالفت کردن، طفره رفتن to stop and obstinately refuse to move or act.  

Take exception to : اعتراض کردن به

Spar: مشاجره کردن to argue or dispute

Strive for sth/ to do sth:  کوشیدن make a great effort to get or do sth.

Fume: با غضب حرف زدن show impatience or anger

Smirk: پوزخندزدن smile in an unpleasant and superior way, smile in a conceited way.

Detour:  در اینجا : حرف را عوض کردنdeviationfrom a direct way

Group of 8 meetings are usually rather boring, ending with communiqués and news conferences in which all parties pretend they are all one big, happy family. Thursday's session, however, was different.

Officials forgot to turn off the audio feed from the lunch meeting, so reporters were able to hear parts of the discussion, much of it bickering between the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, often over arcane points in the statement.

At one point, the two squabbled about Russia's desire to include wording about "urgent methods" to "provide security for diplomats" in the aftermath of the killing in Iraq of five Russian Embassy staff members. Ms. Rice balked, saying that the wording would made it look like urgent measures were not being taken to protect Iraqis and American soldiers.

"It implies they are not being taken, and you know on a fairly daily basis we lose soldiers, and I think it would be offensive to suggest that these efforts are not being made," she said.

Mr. Lavrov replied that the sentence was not intended as criticism. "I don't believe security is fine in Iraq and I don't believe in particular that security at foreign missions is O.K.," he said. "If you feel uncomfortable about it, maybe we should make it shorter."

Eventually they agreed that the text would simply condemn the killing of the Russians and add that "this tragic event underlines the importance of improving security for all in Iraq."

No sooner was that compromise reached but Ms. Rice and Mr. Lavrov were at it again, this time over Mr. Lavrov's proposal that the statement include something about the need for the rest of the world to be more involved in the Iraqi political process. Ms. Rice immediately took exception to that.

"To say the international community is to be more involved in the political process seems to me rather odd, given that they have a democratic elective process," she said.

"I did not suggest this," Mr. Lavrov replied. "What I did say was not involvement in the political process but the involvement of the international community in support of the political process."

"What does that mean?" Ms. Rice asked.

There was a long pause. Then, from Mr. Lavrov: "I think you understand."

Ms. Rice: "No, I don't."

The sparring continued after the lunch and into a news conference. "Condoleezza Rice said that she first came to the Soviet Union in 1979 and she has noticed — seen a change in the country," Mr. Lavrov piped up, in answer to an unrelated question from a journalist. "I also first visited the U.S.A. in 1979 and I have been taking note of changes, many of which we strive to discuss with our American counterparts."

Ms. Rice fumed for a few minutes while the discussion went on to other matters. The next time she was asked a question — about whether she thought Russia had resorted to energy blackmail against Europe, she detoured. "Sergey, when did you go and where did you go in the United States in 1979 that you saw so much change?" she asked.

"New York," Mr. Lavrov replied.

"Oh, New York," Ms. Rice repeated, smirking. "Now I understand."