欧洲柏林，12月16日（路透社） - 欧洲必须竞相确保它能够更好地防御自己，因为新的军事威胁可能会在本世纪末出现，即使安全盟友美国的重点转向印太地区德国's defense minister said.
德国国防部长表示，欧洲必须加紧努力，确保能够更好地保护自己，因为到本世纪末，即使安全盟友美国的重点转移到印太地区，也可能出现新的军事威胁。
russia was hiking its weapons production considerably to sustain its invasion of ukraine, while also threatening the baltic states, georgia and moldova, boris pistorius was quoted as saying in an interview with welt am sonntag.
鲍里斯·皮斯托瑞斯在周日接受《世界报》采访时，俄罗斯正在大幅提高产量以维持对乌克兰的入侵，同时也威胁波罗的海国家、格鲁吉亚和摩尔多瓦。 meanwhile the united states will likely reduce its military engagement in europe as it turns more towards the indo-pacfic.
与此同时，美国可能会减少对欧洲的军事介入，并将更多精力转向印太地区。 "we europeans must engage more to ensure security on our own continent," said pistorius, noting however it would take time for the region to increase its own weapons production.
“我们欧洲人必须更多地参与进来，以确保我们自己大陆的安全，”皮斯托瑞斯说。 但是，他指出，该地区需要时间来增加自己的**产量。 "we h**e about 5-8 years to catch up, in terms of armed forces, industry and society," he said.
“在军事、工业和社会方面，我们大约有5-8年的时间来赶上，”他说。 ”europe is clear it may also need to compensate for u.s. aid for ukraine if washington fails to agree new funding, he added.
他补充说，欧洲很清楚，如果美国不同意提供新的资金，它可能还需要补偿美国对乌克兰的援助。
the election of a more europe-friendly government in poland should now enable the weimar **of berlin, paris and warsaw to develop more their military cooperation, he added.他补充说，波兰选择了一个对欧洲更友好的**，这应该允许德国，法国和波兰的魏玛三角发展更多的军事合作。
we need to figure out how best to set ourselves up on the eastern flank on the basis of nato defense plans," he said, noting he wanted to tr**el as soon as possible to poland next year.
“我们需要弄清楚如何最好地将自己部署在东翼，以北约防御计划为基础，”他说。 他指出，他希望明年尽快前往波兰。
pistorius said he did not foresee for the time being the german army repeating missions as big as those they carried out in afghanistan and mali.
皮斯托瑞斯说，他目前预计德国团队不会重复在阿富汗和马里的大规模任务。