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教宗方濟各述說,「談判絕不是投降,而是避免讓國家走向自殺之路的勇氣。人們可能會為投降感到羞恥,但戰爭將造成多少人喪生?應該及時展開談判,找一個可以充當調解人的國家」。
法新社日前報導,教宗方濟各今年二月初接受瑞士公共廣播公司RSI專訪時表示:「我相信最堅強的是那些能看清局勢、為人民著想,勇敢舉起白旗並進行談判的人」。
針對教宗此番言論,烏克蘭方面則回絕其善意。總統澤倫斯基表示,教宗正在進行「虛擬調解」;外長庫列巴也回應道:「我們的國旗是黃藍相間的。這是我們生存、死亡和勝利的旗幟。我們永遠不會升起任何其他旗幟」。
雙方的主張差異,在於教宗心繫人民,相較於戰爭的輸贏,更重視人民的生命安危,因而建議烏克蘭與俄羅斯進行談判,以停止戰爭、重歸和平。而烏克蘭則選擇堅守原則,展現了堅定的精神及勇氣。然而烏俄兩方實力上的差距卻是不爭的事實,若沒有西方國家的軍援,烏克蘭將難以支撐戰局,但同時,西方國家也不會將烏克蘭的存亡置於自己國家利益之上。
對此,筆者提出「識時務者為俊傑」,認為拒絕談判、繼續奮戰,將有損人民的福祉,使人民生活於水深火熱中。回顧歷史上的戰爭,多半是以談判收場,因此筆者呼籲各國的領導者,應引以為戒。而對於俄烏戰爭的未來發展,則仍有待觀察。
本文摘要自本會第一屆常務理事,徐勉生大使撰寫之〈徐勉生觀點:烏克蘭拒絕教宗規勸的結局〉一文。
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