News Item 007-潘基文访问布隆迪

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is in Burundi for a visit aimed at calming a political crisis that has embroiled(陷入)the country for almost a year. Mr. Ban arrived in the capital Bujumbura(布琼布拉), Monday, ahead of scheduled meetings with the country’s politicians and civil society groups. His visit comes a month after a UN Security Council delegation(安理会代表团)travelled to the country to press for(迫切要求)negotiations between President Pierre Nkurunziza and his opponents. Ahead of the visit, four people were killed in two grenade(手榴弹)attacks in the capital. Burundi has been mired(陷入)in a sometimes violent political crisis since April of last year, when Mr. Nkurunziza sought and won what is widely seen as an unconstitutional(违宪的)third term.
联合国秘书长潘基文正在访问布隆迪，旨在平息该国近一年来陷入的政治危机。周一，潘基文抵达首都布琼布拉，计划与该国政治家和民间社会团体举行会谈。潘基文的此次访问发生在联合国安理会代表团访问该国一个月后，当时代表团敦促总统皮埃尔·恩库伦齐扎及其反对派进行谈判。在潘基文访问之前，首都发生了两起手榴弹袭击事件，造成4人死亡。自去年4月恩库伦齐扎总统寻求并赢得被普遍认为是违宪的第三任期以来，布隆迪就陷入了政治危机，有时甚至是暴力冲突。