Switzerland rejects stricter interpretation of its neutrality
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Russia openly backed the initiative, which would have required Switzerland to seek UN approval for sanctions Voters in Switzerland have overwhelmingly rejected a stricter interpretation of the country's tradition of diplomatic neutrality.
俄罗斯公开支持该倡议，该倡议将要求瑞士寻求联合国批准制裁 瑞士选民绝大多数拒绝对该国外交中立传统进行更严格的解释。
More than 70% of Swiss voters rejected proposals that would have prevented the European nation from imposing sanctions without UN approval, official results showed.
官方结果显示，超过 70% 的瑞士选民拒绝了阻止瑞士在未经联合国批准的情况下实施制裁的提案。
The move would have also prevented Switzerland from pursuing closer ties with the Nato military alliance.
此举还将阻止瑞士与北约军事联盟建立更密切的关系。
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has reopened the debate around Switzerland's centuries-old non-alignment.
俄罗斯对乌克兰的全面入侵重新引发了围绕瑞士数百年来不结盟的争论。
Moscow openly backed the initiative, which was supported by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) and opposed by the federal government and all other major parties.
莫斯科公开支持这一倡议，但该倡议得到了右翼瑞士人民党（SVP）的支持，但遭到了联邦政府和所有其他主要政党的反对。
Lukas Golder, co-director of research institute Gfs.bern told Swiss public broadcaster SRF that Swiss voters had not rejected embracing its neutrality but that the vote showed Switzerland was in favour of sanctions against Russia.
研究机构 Gfs.bern 联席主任卢卡斯·戈尔德 (Lukas Golder) 告诉瑞士公共广播公司 SRF，瑞士选民并没有拒绝接受其中立性，但投票显示瑞士支持对俄罗斯实施制裁。
"People have a clear idea of what Switzerland's neutrality is supposed to achieve," he said.
“人们清楚地知道瑞士的中立性应该实现什么，”他说。
Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said during a recent televised debate that "neutrality has always been applied with a degree of flexibility".
瑞士外交部长伊格纳齐奥·卡西斯在最近的一次电视辩论中表示，“中立性始终具有一定程度的灵活性”。
While Switzerland had no plans to lift a ban on selling arms to countries in conflict, including Ukraine, he stressed that "neutrality does not mean indifference".
虽然瑞士没有计划取消向包括乌克兰在内的冲突国家出售武器的禁令，但他强调“中立并不意味着冷漠”。
He added that Switzerland would "not look away when we see violations of the very international rules that allow us to live in peace".
他补充说，瑞士“当我们看到违反让我们和平生活的国际规则的行为时，不会袖手旁观”。
Switzerland was internationally recognised in 1815 when the country was granted "eternal neutrality" at the Congress of Vienna, during a period of war and upheaval in Europe.
1815 年，在欧洲战争和动乱时期，瑞士在维也纳会议上被授予“永久中立”地位，从而获得了国际承认。
This neutrality was legally defined by the Hague Convention of 1907, which forbade Switzerland supplying weapons to countries at war.
这种中立性是由 1907 年《海牙公约》在法律上规定的，该公约禁止瑞士向交战国家提供武器。
It previously rejected a request from Germany for ammunition for tanks being sent to Kyiv. Switzerland remained neutral through World War Two.
此前它拒绝了德国向基辅运送坦克弹药的请求。 瑞士在第二次世界大战期间保持中立。
It also banked gold looted by the Nazis and, in a move designed to keep Nazi Germany from invading, turned away thousands of Jewish refugees. Switzerland apologised for the policies in the 1990s.
它还将纳粹掠夺的黄金存入银行，并拒绝了数千名犹太难民，以防止纳粹德国入侵。 瑞士为 20 世纪 90 年代的政策道歉。
Switzerland's system of direct democracy means major political decisions are often deferred to the voters through referenda.
瑞士的直接民主制度意味着重大政治决策往往通过全民公决提交给选民。
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