MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Post has started delivering 4.5 tonnes of letters and parcels that were sent from the United States in 1999.

　　俄罗斯邮政部门近日开始投递一批总重量达到4.5吨的信件和包裹，而这些邮件其实早在1999年便已从美国寄往该国了。

　　The state-owned postal service said the delay was not its fault -- a shipping container with the mail inside had languished at a port in Finland for years.

　　据路透社12月15日报道，俄罗斯邮政部门表示，上述邮件之所以被耽搁了这么长时间，其真正的原因是装载那些邮件的一只海运集装箱多年来一直被弃置在芬兰的一个港口内无人过问。

　　The container finally reached Russia on December 8.

　　该集装箱最终于12月8日被运抵俄罗斯。

　　"The loss of mail usually happens because of force majeure circumstances, such as natural disasters, traffic and other accidents," Russian Post told Reuters via e-mail."All of the mail has been very well preserved because the container was hermetically sealed."

　　俄罗斯邮政部门表示："造成邮件丢失的具体原因通常是某些由外部环境带来的不可抗力，诸如自然灾害、交通及其它方面的意外事故等。由于那只集装箱的密封性极佳，所以时至今日里面的邮件依然保存完好。"

　　（国际在线独家资讯 张咏 国际在线专稿 未经允许 请勿转载）

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