俄總理率團訪問克里米亞討論當地發展問題

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is in Crimea - the most senior Russian to visit the region since Russia seized it from Ukraine earlier this month.

Mr. Medvedev says he is leading a delegation of Russian officials for a meeting on what he calls the "development" of the peninsula.

The prime minister says Russia will create a special economic zone in Crimea, offering incentives for business with lower taxes and simpler rules. Mr. Medvedev also promised to boost salaries and pensions in Crimea.

His meeting Monday comes a day after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded Russia pull back thousands of its troops massed along the eastern and southern Ukrainian border.

Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris Sunday that the troops are creating a "climate of fear" in Ukraine and that their presence does nothing for diplomacy.俄羅斯總理梅德韋傑夫在克里米亞訪問，他是俄羅斯3月早些時候吞併烏克蘭的克里米亞之後去當地訪問的最高級的俄羅斯官員。

梅德韋傑夫說，他率領的俄羅斯官員代表團將討論他所謂的克里米亞發展問題。他宣佈俄羅斯將在克里米亞建立特別經濟區，通過減少稅收和簡化規章制度來刺激工商業發展。他還承諾給克里米亞人提高工資和退休金。

一天前，美國國務卿克里呼籲俄羅斯撤回沿烏克蘭東部和南部邊界集結的數千俄軍部隊。他星期天在巴黎對俄羅斯外長拉夫羅夫說，這些軍隊在烏克蘭境內造成“恐懼氣氛”，不利於外交對話。