News Item 007-潘基文訪問布隆迪
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is in Burundi for a visit aimed at calming a political crisis that has embroiled(陷入)the country for almost a year. Mr. Ban arrived in the capital Bujumbura(布瓊布拉), Monday, ahead of scheduled meetings with the country’s politicians and civil society groups. His visit comes a month after a UN Security Council delegation(安理會代表團)travelled to the country to press for(迫切要求)negotiations between President Pierre Nkurunziza and his opponents. Ahead of the visit, four people were killed in two grenade(手榴彈)attacks in the capital. Burundi has been mired(陷入)in a sometimes violent political crisis since April of last year, when Mr. Nkurunziza sought and won what is widely seen as an unconstitutional(違憲的)third term.
聯(lián)合國秘書長潘基文正在訪問布隆迪，旨在平息該國近一年來陷入的政治危機。周一，潘基文抵達首都布瓊布拉，計劃與該國政治家和民間社會團體舉行會談。潘基文的此次訪問發(fā)生在聯(lián)合國安理會代表團訪問該國一個月后，當時代表團敦促總統(tǒng)皮埃爾·恩庫倫齊扎及其反對派進行談判。在潘基文訪問之前，首都發(fā)生了兩起手榴彈襲擊事件，造成4人死亡。自去年4月恩庫倫齊扎總統(tǒng)尋求并贏得被普遍認為是違憲的第三任期以來，布隆迪就陷入了政治危機，有時甚至是暴力沖突。
