CONSTANTA Romania (Reuters) - The United States will strengthen its presence in the Black Sea region using part of a $1 billion (597.2 million pounds) fund promised to NATO allies on Russia's borders, and will continue to send warships to the area, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said in Romania on Thursday.
Hagel is the latest high-ranking American official to visit Europe since Russia's annexation of Crimea, as Washington looks to reassure allies jittery about Moscow's intentions in its former Cold War backyard.
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