双语新闻：北约外长讨论更强硬应对克里米亚危机方案 NATO to Discuss Stronger Response to Crimean Crisis

北约成员国外长星期二在布鲁塞尔举行会议，商讨如何对俄罗斯并吞乌克兰克里米亚地区做出更强硬的反应。

自乌克兰的这场危机于上月爆发以来，这是北约首次举行高层会议。

到目前为止，北约加强了在巴尔干地区的空中巡逻，同时美国计划与波兰举行力度更大的军演。

外交官们说，北约外长们可能决定扩大北约军演规模，也可能决定在更靠近俄罗斯边界的东欧地区设立永久性基地。

俄罗斯星期一将数百军人撤离乌克兰边界附近地区，但该地区仍驻有数万俄罗斯军队。

美国国务卿克里曾对俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫表示，俄罗斯军队在乌克兰造成“恐怖气氛”。

NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels Tuesday to talk about a stronger response to Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region.

This is the first senior-level NATO gathering since the crisis in Ukraine began last month.

So far, NATO has increased air patrols over the Baltics and the United States is planning more intense military exercises with Poland.

Diplomats say the ministers could decide to step up NATO military exercises or possibly set up permanent bases in Eastern Europe, closer to the Russian border.

Russia pulled back hundreds of troops from its border with Ukraine, Monday, but tens of thousands still remain.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that the Russian forces are creating a "climate of fear" inside Ukraine.