The Joint Statement, while clinically welcoming the agreement, states that both parties “thereby turn their focus to the future of their bilateral relationship,” underscoring “the benefits an expansion of ties would provide for both countries as well as for the American and Libyan peoples.” This is a far cry from recent years, when staying at a Libyan-owned hotel would make you subject to a US felony charge!
在签署协定后的联合声明中，在对这一协定表示欢迎的同时，声明双方“从此将把关注的焦点转向未来的双边关系”，强调了“双边关系的发展给两国以及两国人民带来的实惠”。这和近年来的状况真是大相径庭，那时，留宿一家利比亚人所有的酒店都可能使人遭受美国的重罪指控！