张哲 李竹林
By Zhang Zhe and Li Zhulin
10月6日，联合国驻黎巴嫩临时部队（联黎部队）司令拉萨罗访问中国第21批赴黎巴嫩维和部队任务雷场，并赞扬中国扫雷分队为维护南黎地区和平稳定所作贡献。图为在黎以边境“蓝线”附近任务雷场，联黎部队司令拉萨罗（中）与中国扫雷分队扫雷作业手握手。（李竹林摄）
Major General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz (center), the UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, shakes hands with a Chinese demining operator at a minefield assigned to the 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-functional engineering contingent near the Blue Line, the boundary marker between Lebanon and Israel on October 10, 2022. (Photo by Li Zhulin)
贝鲁特，10月8日 -- 联合国驻黎巴嫩临时部队（联黎部队）司令拉萨罗6日访问中国第21批赴黎巴嫩维和部队任务雷场，并赞扬中国扫雷分队为维护南黎地区和平稳定所作贡献。
BEIRUT, Oct.8 -- Major General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz, head of mission and force commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), visited the minefield assigned to the 21st Chinese peacekeeping multi-functional engineering contingent on October 6.
当地时间6日上午10时，拉萨罗一行乘坐专车来到黎以边境“蓝线”附近任务雷场，听取中国赴黎维和部队基本情况与扫雷工作报告。随后，拉萨罗穿戴防护装具进入雷场，与扫雷官兵交谈并合影留念。
Maj. Gen. Lázaro and his entourage arrived at the minefield near the Blue Line on the Lebanon and Israel border on Thursday morning, where he listened to the report given by the Chinese peacekeeping multi-functional engineering contingent on their demining operations, and then put on a set of EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) protective equipment and entered the minefield. He talked with the Chinese demining operators and took group photos with them.
拉萨罗表示，中国扫雷分队是一支高度专业、纪律严明的队伍，一直以来保持“零事故”“零伤亡”记录，为维护南黎地区和平稳定提供了重要支撑。他说，中国在维护世界和平方面发挥着重要作用，感谢中国对联合国在黎维和事业中作出的贡献。
Maj. Gen. Lázaro said that the Chinese minesweeping contingent is highly professional and disciplined, and has maintained the records of "zero accidents" and "zero casualties", serving as an important supportive force for maintaining peace and stability in southern Lebanon.
China plays an important role in maintaining world peace and its contributions to the UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon is appreciated, said Maj. Gen. Lázaro.
据悉，中国自2006年向黎巴嫩派出维和部队以来，迄今已累计派出维和官兵7000余人次，排除地雷及各类未爆物1.5万余枚，为当地提供医疗援助8.7万余人次，为维护黎南部地区和平稳定作出了重要贡献，赢得国际社会与黎巴嫩方面的充分肯定与广泛赞誉。
It is reported that since 2006, China has sent more than 7,000 peacekeepers in 21 peacekeeping forces to join in the UN peacekeeping operations in Lebanon. The Chinese peacekeeping de-miners have removed more than 15,000 mines and other types of unexploded ordnance, and the Chinese peacekeeping medical workers have provided medical assistance to more than 87,000 local people, making important contributions to maintaining peace and stability in southern Lebanon.
