荷蘭比利時通過和平方式互換領土

The Netherlands and Belgium last Monday signed a treaty to exchange pieces of land along the Meuse river border.

荷蘭與比利時在上週一簽訂協議，互換默茲河邊界沿線的部分領土。

In accordance with the treaty, the Belgian peninsulas Presqu'ile de L'llal and Presqu'ile d'Eijsden will be traded for the Dutch peninsula Petit Gravier. As a result, the Netherlands will become about 0.1 sq km larger.

根據這一協議，比利時將用日安半島和艾斯登半島交換荷蘭的Petit Gravier半島，荷蘭的國土面積將因此擴大0.1平方公里。

The signing occurred during a three-day visit to the Netherlands by Belgium's King Filip and Queen Mathilde.

比利時國王菲利普和王后馬蒂爾德是在荷蘭進行爲期三天的訪問時簽訂的該協議。

"This unique border agreement is an example of our excellent cooperation with the Belgian people. We have shown today that the Netherlands and Belgium succeed as good neighbors to adjust borders in a peaceful way," said Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Bert Koenders.

荷蘭外交大臣孔德爾斯表示：“這一獨特的邊界協議是我們與比利時人民保持着良好合作的例證。我們今天的行動表明，荷蘭和比利時是好鄰居，能夠用和平方式來調整分界。”

"You do not see so often that changing borders without firing a shot, but there was an excellent collaboration," Netherland's Limburg Gov. Theo Bovens said to broadcaster NOS.

在接受荷蘭廣播聯盟(NOS)的採訪時，林堡省省長西奧·博文斯表示：“改變國界而不費一兵一卒，這種情況很少見的，卻是一次非凡的合作。”

If the parliaments of both countries adopt the treaty next year, the border correction will take effect on Jan 1, 2018.

如果兩國議會明年批准這項協議，邊界更改將於2018年1月1日生效。