White House: “The release of detainees in Russia is a triumph of diplomacy and friendship."_"Prisoner exchange successful!”

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Janne Pak
Date
2024-08-02 21:09
(8-1-2024)   by: Janne Pak(White House & State Department & Pentagon & Congress Correspondent)

@The President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Release of Americans Detained in Russia, State Dining Room, White House on August 1, 2024.(R). @The White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan delivering news of the release of Americans Detained in Russia at the White House Press briefing on the 1st.(L). 8/1/2024.

The White House announced in a briefing on the 1st that three Americans, one permanent resident, and five Germans, including Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gersikovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and Radio Free Europe (RFE) reporter Alsu Kurmasheva. , said 16 people, including 7 Russians, had been released.

Most of these people were with Russian anti-government activist Alexei Navalny, who died in prison.

미 백악관은 1일 브리핑을 통해 월스트리트저널(WSJ) 기자 에반 게르시코비치를 포함해 미국 해병대 출신 폴 휠런, 자유유럽방송(RFE) 기자 알수 쿠르마셰바 등 3명의 미국인과 1명의 영주권자, 5명의 독일인, 7명의 러시아인 등 16명이 석방됐다고 밝혔다.

이들 대부분은 수감 중 사망한 러시아 반정부 운동가 알렉세이 나발니와 함께했던 인사들이다.

Looking at the nationalities of those released, there are 8 Russian nationals, including Russian anti-government figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, 3 Americans, 2 Slovenes, 1 Norwegian, 1 German, and 1 Polish national. Among them is assassin Vadim Krasikov, who is serving a life sentence in Germany. It is known that Russian President Vladimir Putin has personally promoted the exchange of Krasikov.

석방자들의 국적을 보면 러시아 반정부 인사 블라디미르 카라-무르자등 8명의 러시아 국적자와 미국 3명, 슬로베니아 2명, 노르웨이 1명, 독일 1명, 폴란드 1명등이다. 이들 중에는 독일에서 종신형을 선고받고 복역 중인 암살자 바딤 크라시코프도 있다. 크라시코프는 블라디미르 푸틴 러시아 대통령이 직접 교환을 추진해 온 것으로 알려졌다.

Going back to the story, President Biden had a phone call with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golov at his villa in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA, on the 21st of last month. It was for the release of Russian prisoners imprisoned in Slovenia. In order to exchange Russian prisoners in the West for Western prisoners in Russia, including in the United States, Prime Minister Golov had to be persuaded. It was part of a diplomatic gamble to exchange prisoners.

이야기를 거슬러 올라가보면, 바이든 대통령은 지난달 21일 미국 델라웨어주 레호보스 비치에 있는 별장에서 로베르트 골로프 슬로베니아 총리와 전화 통화를 했다. 슬로베니아에 수감된 러시아 수감자 석방을 위해서였다. 미국 등 러시아에 있는 서방 수감자들과 서방에 있는 러시아 수감자들을 교환하기 위해선 골로프 총리를 설득해야 했다. 수감자 맞교환을 위한 외교적 도박의 일환이었다.

The White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said at a White House Press  briefing on the 1st, “If President Biden had not been sitting in the Oval Office, this would not have happened,” and “Today is a really good day.”

National Security Advisor Sullivan, who had been forced to deliver only negative news to the families of prisoners for years, was so overcome with emotion in the briefing room that he even had tears in his eyes.

제이크 설리반 백악관 국가안보보좌관은 1일 백악관 언론 브리핑에서“바이든 대통령이 집무실에 앉아 있지 않았다면 이런 일은 일어나지 않았을 것”이라며 “오늘은 정말 좋은 날”이라고 말했다.

수년간 수감자들의 가족에게 부정적인 소식만을 전해야 했던 설리반 국가안보보좌관은 브리핑룸에서 감정에 복받쳐 눈시울을 붉히기도 했다.

According to a source who requested anonymity, it was National Security Advisor Sullivan who arranged the phone call between the Slovenian prime minister and President Biden. It was reported that National Security Advisor Sullivan stayed in Colorado to attend the Aspen Strategic Group meeting on the 20th of last month and worked to reach a conclusion to negotiations over the phone.

Deciding that he could not directly persuade the Slovenian side to exchange WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovic, who was detained in the Balkan country, and two other Russians detained in Moscow, Russia, he asked if he could arrange a phone call with Prime Minister Golov. Afterwards, National Security Advisor Sullivan returned to Washington and made a phone call between President Biden and Prime Minister Golov through the White House Situation Room at home.

익명을 요구한 소식통에 의하면 슬로베니아 총리와 바이든 대통령의 통화를 주선한 사람이 설리반 국가안보보좌관이었다고 전했다. 설리반 국가안보보좌관은 지난달 20일 아스펜전략그룹회의 참석차 콜로라도주에 머물며 전화를 통한 협상 타결을 위해 노력했다고 전해졌다.

직접 슬로베니아 측을 설득해 발칸 국가에 억류된 에반 거쉬코비치 WSJ 기자와 러시아 모스크바에 억류된 다른 두 명의 러시아인을 교환할 수 없다고 판단한 그는 골로프 총리와의 통화를 주선해 줄 수 있는지 물었다. 이후 설리반 국가안보보좌관은 워싱턴으로 돌아와 자택에서 백악관 상황실을 통해 바이든 대통령과 골로프 총리의 전화 통화를 성사시켰다.

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a separate briefing, “There was no direct involvement with Putin,” and “there was extensive contact with Russian officials, but I will not go into specifics.”

제이크 설리반 백악관 국가안보보좌관은 별도 브리핑을 통해 “푸틴과 직접적 관여는 없었다”며 “러시아 공직자들과 광범위한 접촉이 있었지만, 구체적으로 언급하지 않겠다”고 말을 아꼈다.

President Biden welcomed the exchange of Western-Russian prisoners, saying that 'the darkest day of my term has turned into a joyous day.'

At the White House State Dining Room, President Biden hugged a daughter of an inmate and said, “Family is the beginning, the middle, and the end. The blood of my blood. “It’s a bone in my bones.”

바이든 대통령은 '임기 중 가장 암울했던 날이 기쁜 날로' 다가왔다고 말하면서 서방.러 수감자 교환을 환영했다.

백악관 국빈 식당에서 바이든 대통령은 수감자의 딸 한 명을 안아주며 “가족은 시작이자 중간이고 끝이다. 내 피의 피. 내 뼈의 뼈다.”라고 말했다.

It is reported that several countries, including the United States, Germany, Russia, and Turkey, were involved in this prisoner negotiation. In a speech at the White House, President Biden expressed gratitude, saying, “This release is a triumph of diplomacy and friendship,” and “This would not have been possible without the help of our allies.” He expressed special gratitude to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

이번 수감자 협상에는 미국과 독일, 러시아, 터키 등 여러 국가가 관여한 것으로 전해졌다. 바이든 대통령은 백악관 연설에서 “이번 석방은 외교와 우정의 개가”라며 “동맹들의 도움 없이 이번 일은 불가능했을 것”이라고 감사를 표했다. 그는 올라프 숄츠 독일 총리에게 특히 감사의 마음을 전달했다.(끝)



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