歐洲柏林，12月16日（路透社） - 歐洲必須競相確保它能夠更好地防禦自己，因為新的軍事威脅可能會在本世紀末出現，即使安全盟友美國的重點轉向印太地區德國's defense minister said.
德國國防部長表示，歐洲必須加緊努力，確保能夠更好地保護自己，因為到本世紀末，即使安全盟友美國的重點轉移到印太地區，也可能出現新的軍事威脅。
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.
鮑里斯·皮斯托瑞斯在週日接受《世界報》採訪時，俄羅斯正在大幅提高產量以維持對烏克蘭的入侵，同時也威脅波羅的海國家、喬治亞和摩爾多瓦。 meanwhile the united states will likely reduce its military engagement in europe as it turns more towards the indo-pacfic.
與此同時，美國可能會減少對歐洲的軍事介入，並將更多精力轉向印太地區。 "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.
“我們歐洲人必須更多地參與進來，以確保我們自己大陸的安全，”皮斯托瑞斯說。 但是，他指出，該地區需要時間來增加自己的**產量。 "we h**e about 5-8 years to catch up, in terms of armed forces, industry and society," he said.
“在軍事、工業和社會方面，我們大約有5-8年的時間來趕上，”他說。 ”europe is clear it may also need to compensate for u.s. aid for ukraine if washington fails to agree new funding, he added.
他補充說，歐洲很清楚，如果美國不同意提供新的資金，它可能還需要補償美國對烏克蘭的援助。
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.他補充說，波蘭選擇了乙個對歐洲更友好的**，這應該允許德國，法國和波蘭的魏瑪三角發展更多的軍事合作。
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.
“我們需要弄清楚如何最好地將自己部署在東翼，以北約防禦計畫為基礎，”他說。 他指出，他希望明年盡快前往波蘭。
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.
皮斯托瑞斯說，他目前預計德國團隊不會重複在阿富汗和馬里的大規模任務。