[摘译] 湄公河-美国伙伴关系的启动：扩大美国与湄公河地区的接触
2020年9月14日 东部夏令时间下午2:53
发言人办公室
9月11日美国、柬埔寨、老挝人民民主共和国、缅甸、泰国和越南通过启动湄公河-美国伙伴关系重申了它们的长期关系。在美国国会的共同努力下，美国宣布计划增加对湄公河伙伴国的自治、经济独立、善治和可持续增长的支持，并指出，坚持这些价值观对于东盟的团结与有效性也很重要。
扩大美国的接触
在2009年至2020年的湄公河下游倡议期间，美国国务院和美国国际发展署（USAID）向湄公河五个伙伴国家提供了近35亿美元的援助，其中包括：
在湄公河下游倡议获得成功的基础上，五个湄公河伙伴国家和美国启动了湄公河-美国伙伴关系作为合作的战略论坛。这一伙伴关系将继续开展现有工作，并扩大我们的合作领域，包括经济连通性、能源安全、人力资本发展、跨境水域和自然资源管理以及非传统安全。非传统安全领域包括就新出现的威胁开展合作，如卫生安全能力建设和疫情大流行应对，打击跨国犯罪，网络安全以及打击贩运人口、非法毒品和野生生物等。
湄公河-美国伙伴关系的指导价值观与“东盟印度-太平洋展望”和“美国印度-太平洋愿景”的精神相一致，包括平等、善治、开放、透明、经济增长和尊重主权。这一伙伴关系还促进与伊洛瓦底江-湄南河-湄公河经济合作战略（ACMECS）、东盟、湄公河委员会以及其他符合这些价值观的湄公河发展伙伴和合作机制的互补性。
美国正在升级我们的伙伴关系
美国正在进行的接触
我们将继续支持增强湄公河区域各国政府机构和公民社会的韧性、透明度和能力，切实改善人民的生活。
基础设施和能源投资
水安全与跨境河流管理
人力资本投资
有关更多信息和资源，请访问我们的新网站：www.mekonguspartnership.org 
阅读原文： https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/launch-of-the-mekong-u-s-partnership-expanding-u-s-engagement-with-the-mekong-region/

FACT SHEET
OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Launch of the Mekong-U.S. Partnership: Expanding U.S. Engagement with the Mekong Region
The United States, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam reaffirmed their long-standing relationship by launching the Mekong-U.S. Partnership on September 11. The United States announced plans, working with the U.S. Congress, to increase support for the autonomy, economic independence, good governance, and sustainable growth of Mekong partner countries, noting that upholding these values is important also for the unity and effectiveness of ASEAN.
Expanding U.S. Engagement
Over the course of the Lower Mekong Initiative, from 2009 to 2020, the U.S. Department of State and Agency for International Development (USAID) provided nearly $3.5 billion in assistance to the five Mekong partner countries, including:
Building on the successes of the Lower Mekong Initiative, the five Mekong partner countries and the United States launched the Mekong-U.S. Partnership as a strategic forum for cooperation. The Partnership will continue existing work and expand our areas of cooperation, including economic connectivity, energy security, human capital development, transboundary water and natural resources management, and non-traditional security.  The non-traditional security sector comprises collaboration on emerging threats such as health security capacity building and pandemic response, countering transnational crime, cyber security, and countering trafficking in persons, illicit drugs, and wildlife.
The Mekong-U.S. Partnership is guided by values that are aligned with those enshrined in the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific and the U.S. Indo-Pacific vision, including equality, good governance, openness, transparency, economic growth, and respect for sovereignty. The Partnership also promotes complementarity with the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS), ASEAN, the Mekong River Commission, and with other Mekong development partners and cooperation mechanisms in line with these values.
The United States is Upgrading our Partnership
Ongoing U.S. Engagement
We will continue supporting the resilience, transparency, and capacity of government institutions and civil society in countries in the Mekong region, making tangible improvements in the lives of people.
Infrastructure and Energy Investments
Water Security and Transboundary River Management
Human Capital Investments
For further information and resources, please visit our new website: www.mekonguspartnership.org