NATO will continue to thin out its forces.(北約將繼續裁軍。)

France was going to pull out of NATO.(法國準備退出北大西洋公約組織。)

NATO Allies have lost some 570 soldiers.(北約盟國失去了570名士兵。)

In April it may be invited to join NATO.(明年四月，它可能會被邀請加入北約。)

NATO later admitted it had been testing new sonar technology in the same area at the time as the strandings had occurred.(北大西洋公約組織后來承認，在擱淺發生時，他們正在同一海域測試新的聲納技術。)

He argues strongly for retention of NATO as a guarantee of peace.(他據理力爭北大西洋公約組織作為一個和平保障的保留。)

NATO is right to be debating the problem.(北約聯盟已經做好討論處理該問題的準備。)

If there is nothing for Moscow to fear in NATO and EU expansion, its members should not act as if there is.(如果俄羅斯對于北約和歐盟擴張行為的擔憂無關緊要，那么它的成員國也不該表現得那么緊張。)

Second, NATO as a whole will count for much less.(其次，北約作為一個整體的重要性將大為降低。)

But that, as NATO officials say, is the easy bit.(但像北約官員說的那樣，這只是容易的一頭。)