很尴尬，真开成了国际批斗大会，欧洲被指着鼻子骂
牛弹琴 2024年02月04日 07:47:30 来自江苏
很尴尬，开会开成了国际“批斗大会”，欧洲被指着鼻子骂了。
这一幕发生在2月2日，欧盟召集开了第三届所谓的欧盟印太部长级论坛，请来了东亚、南亚以及非洲70多个国家，哪知道，开着开着，主题成了批判西方的会议，批判西方太虚伪，批判西方太双标，批判西方完全漠视巴勒斯坦人的人权。
美国不在现场，那没办法，全球南方国家的怒火，就只能冲向了欧盟。
比如，印尼外长蕾特诺，在致辞中就呼吁，欧盟应该制止以色列的行动，更不能不再支持联合国近东救济工程处。
“没有一个国家可以凌驾于国际法之上，我呼吁所有人忠于内心的声音，行公正之事，停止在加沙、在巴勒斯坦的暴行。”她说，“价值观和行动的一致性体现了道德制高点的真诚……它显示了我们到底是谁。”
但西方真诚吗？
以色列指控加沙的联合国近东救济工程处被哈马斯渗透，哪怕被渗透的只有极少数人员工。但美国、英国、德国等西方国家，立刻宣布不再支持该组织。
尽管这个组织，现在是加沙巴勒斯坦人生存下去的最大希望。
公平在哪里？正义在哪里？人道主义又在哪里？
愤怒的斯里兰卡外长萨布里就说，在谈到巴勒斯坦人民的困境和乌克兰人的困境时，西方总是两套标准，“但除非你们平等对待所有人，否则西方世界的信誉岌岌可危。”
这其实也是最近国际会议的常态。我之前就说过，加沙血淋淋的事实，西方说一套做一套的双标，彻底暴露在世界面前，所谓道义形象轰然倒塌，这或许也是最深远的蝴蝶效应……
西方人就不知道吗？
西方人心知肚明。
看媒体报道，参加论坛的卢森堡副首相兼外长贝泰尔就表态，对欧盟的反应“羞愧”。
他说，他当时参加了相关问题讨论，但好几个小时，欧盟国家讨论的主题，“到底是‘暂时停火’还是‘永久停火’，亦或是‘人道主义停火’，这就是我感到羞愧的原因。”
事情十万火急，加沙血流满地，欧洲人还在办公室里优哉游哉讨论，到底是怎么方式停火。
尽管停火，美国更是一口拒绝。安理会一个又一个决议，被美国一票否决。以至于联合国秘书长古特雷斯都哀叹：加沙正在变成一座儿童的坟墓。
面对劈头盖脸的批评，欧盟外交与安全政策高级代表博雷利，也就是我们通常所说的欧盟外长，被搞得面红耳赤、灰头土脸。
他坦陈，欧盟在加沙问题上遭到批评，这不是第一次，其实，每次召开国际会议，他都会被问到欧盟的双标问题。但他也自嘲：知道别人是如何看待我们的，也是件好事。
最后，怎么看？
还是我个人的粗浅三点吧。
第一，暴露了西方的傲慢和偏见。
除了加沙问题上被批得体无完肤，还有一个很有意思的插曲，随后的欧盟-东盟外长会议，欧盟的两个大国，法国和德国外长都没参加。
客人都来了，主人竟然走了。
以至于博雷利不得不表示，他向东盟外长们道歉，并自嘲“这就是生活。每个人有自己的日程，并不是所有人都可以在同一时间出现在任何一个地方。”
虽然是平等对话，但可能欧盟的高级外交官，都有更重要的事情吧。
第二，欧洲内部其实也有反思。
这一点，还是值得肯定的。不然，卢森堡外长也不会那么痛心疾首，博雷利也不会坦陈自己的遭遇。
我们看到，哪怕德国女外长贝尔伯克，近日也对以色列感到“震惊”。
震惊什么呢？
贝尔伯克说：“现在，像以色列国防部长宣布的那样，在（加沙南部的）拉法这个最后也是最拥挤的地方采取行动，简直不合理……加沙人民不能消失在空气中。”
但已经有2.7万加沙人，西方眼睁睁看着，他们已经消失在了这个世界。
这是怎样的人间惨剧！
第三，世界更看清了西方的双标。
过去几十年，一直是西方指责南方国家，这个不行，那个不对，你们必须怎样怎样……
现在呢？
南方国家醒悟过来，很多时候，是西方太双标，严格要求别人，宽松对待自己，哪怕有时他们自己打自己脸。
乌克兰和加沙，两场同时正在进行的战争，西方完全不同的态度，标准在哪里？道义在哪里？信誉又在哪里？
这个世界，有时根本就没有标准，更没有信誉，只有站队的立场，没有是非的对错。
这就是事实，残酷而血淋淋的事实，让人痛心，更让人警醒。
EU's courtship of Indo-Pacific gets cold shoulder from big powers
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-indo-pacific-meeting-cold-shoulder-countries/?
Brussels struggles to get the A list to its big meeting, while developing countries flag EU’s double standards between confronting Russia and Israel.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell sought to downplay the significance of the European absence | John Thys/AFP via Getty Images
BRUSSELS — Europe planned to get dozens of Indo-Pacific foreign ministers to Brussels for talks on Friday, with the EU eager to prove its relevance in a region increasingly under pressure from an assertive China.
In the end, the EU couldn’t even attract ministers from its own influential countries.
France’s new Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné and Germany’s Annalena Baerbock were missing from the EU’s third Indo-Pacific ministerial meeting, citing scheduling clashes. Italy’s Antonio Tajani also skipped the Indo-Pacific part, and joined only an afternoon session with Southeast Asian countries.
Indonesia and Sri Lanka blast EU for 'double standards' on Gaza
Indo-Pacific and ASEAN meetings with Europe underscore divided views
Palestinians walk past a house destroyed by an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, in early January.
RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA and CATHERINE DE BEAUREPAIRE, Nikkei staff writers
BRUSSELS -- Indonesia and Sri Lanka's foreign ministers called on the European Union to be consistent in its approach to the conflict in Gaza as it has with Ukraine, as ministers from Europe, the Indo-Pacific and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations gathered for meetings in Brussels on Friday.
"ASEAN and the EU should be at the front line in respecting values and principles of international law, the respect should also be applied to Palestine, to Gaza," Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi told a forum of Indo-Pacific and European ministers.
"I do believe that the EU and all of us, as firm supporters of upholding international law, will also have a consistent position when it comes to Gaza," she added.
Ali Sabry, Sri Lanka's foreign minister, echoed the sentiment, telling reporters, "We represent the sentiment of the Global South, that there's double standards when it comes to the Middle East."
"There is this ongoing debate when it comes to Palestinian people's plight and the plight of Ukrainians. People are asking, 'you have to be true to your heart and do the right thing by everybody because all human beings matter,'" Sabry said.
He noted younger European politicians understand that "the credibility of the Western world is at stake unless you treat all of them equally."
Ministers from over 70 countries and regional bodies of the Indo-Pacific and Europe gathered for the 3rd EU-Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum in the morning, followed by the 24th EU-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in the afternoon.
Foreign ministers from the EU, Indo-Pacific and ASEAN countries meet in Brussels on Feb. 2. © ReutersAlthough the agenda of both meetings ranged from collaboration and sustainability to security, Israel's continuing offensive in Gaza following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and kidnappings in Israel overshadowed the events.
In a news conference, European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell acknowledged that "every time we have a meeting with our international partners... this is a permanent issue."
Some countries in the 27-member bloc strongly support a cease-fire while others do not, meaning the EU is only able to have a "minimum common position" to support humanitarian pauses in fighting and the release of hostages, Borrell said.
Meanwhile, ASEAN has been calling for an immediate cease-fire.
"My role is to try to put together different approaches, there is no double standard but there are different positions," Borrell said.
He said he had told a recent European Council meeting that "the perception around the world is, in some cases, different from ours," and said he will raise the issue again.
A joint statement following the EU-ASEAN meeting sought to emphasize common ground.
"We agreed to condemn all attacks against civilians and we noted the call of some of us for a durable cease-fire," it said.
There were common positions on "rapid, safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to all those in need," for all parties to protect civilians and abide by international law, and "the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages."
"We took note, and some of us underlined the importance of, the order on provisional measures issued by interim ruling by the International Court of Justice," it stated, referring to the Jan. 26 orders for Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza and take immediate steps to ensure humanitarian assistance reaches civilians.
The EU is seeking to deepen engagement with the fast-growing economies of the Indo-Pacific in a multitude of areas, including environment, security and international rule of law.
Dharmendra Kanani, chief spokesperson of Brussels-based think tank Friends of Europe, said "more political clout and measurable actions" need to come out of the Indo-Pacific forum, "if we're not to be too late in addressing an increasingly fragile and unstable region with far-reaching global security issues."
While he welcomed some "important outcomes" such as coordinated maritime presence in the Indian Ocean, including joint naval exercises and strengthening the safety of port infrastructures in South and Southeast Asia, most of the outcomes "have been about reaching agreements but not practical measures," he said.
China and the U.S. did not take part in the Indo-Pacific forum, though the U.S. attended last year's forum.
"There is still no strategy to link [the EU's Indo-Pacific strategy] more forcefully to the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy and of course no connection to the Quad, it's just very much in the air," said Alicia Garcia Herrero, senior research fellow at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel. The Quad refers to the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, made up of the U.S., Japan, India and Australia.
"Unless there is a triangular approach with [the U.S. and India], Europe can't go anywhere with this," she said.
An EU spokesperson declined to comment on whether Beijing was invited, but told reporters on Tuesday that there are other events, such as the EU-China summit in December, where the EU engages with China "fully and completely."
"You haven't heard China talk about the Indo-Pacific as a concept they would like to engage with," the spokesperson said.
