虽然英国人民不支持英国继续在伊拉克驻军,但是,英国仍然是美国在伊拉克的最亲密的盟友。目前英国在伊拉克南部驻扎了大约4千名军队,不过英国计划在今年晚些时候把驻军人数减少到2千500人左右。英国在过去的两年里减少了在伊拉克的驻军人数,与此同时,英国增加了在阿富汗的军事力量。
McCain also expressed appreciation for Mr. Brown's leadership in tackling climate change. He said he is committed to address the issue of climate change comprehensively and globally but insisted China and India must be part of a global agreement on the issue.
麦凯恩还表达了他对英国首相布朗领导处理气候变化问题的谢意。他说,他致力于全面地、全球性地解决气候变化问题,不过,他坚持中国和印度必须参与有关气候变化问题的全球化协议。
"I want to make [it] clear again, we will not have a global agreement that is effective unless India and China are part of it," he added. "I think that there will be sufficient International pressures and domestic pressures as well as the facts of the environmental challenges that will bring them into a global agreement."
麦凯恩说:“我想再次把这个问题说清楚,除非印度和中国参与进来,否则我们将不会达成一项有效的全球化协议。我认为,国际压力和国内压力以及环境挑战的现实情况足以使印度和中国加入到全球性协议中来。”
Before his stop in London McCain, who is a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, visited Iraq, Jordan and Israel. From London he is expected to go to Paris to meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
作为美国国会参议院军事委员会的资深成员,麦凯恩在访问英国伦敦前还访问了伊拉克、约旦和以色列。预计,他还将从伦敦启程到巴黎,与法国总统萨尔科齐会晤。