When I made those same points in a wrap-up to the Civil Society Summit as a whole, I was interrupted by none other than US president Barack Obama, who was in Moscow for his summit with President Dmitry Medvedev but also took the time to listen our gathering of civil-society organizations. Obama apologized for arriving late, and added: “That’s why we have civil society.
当我在民间团体峰会结束讲话中谈到这些问题的时候，打断我的不是别人而是美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马，他来莫斯科参加与德米特里·梅德韦杰夫总统的峰会，在百忙中抽出时间旁听了我们民间团体机构的会议。奥巴马首先对迟到表示抱歉，并补充说：“那正是我们需要民间团体的原因。你不能事事依靠政治家！”