Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, March 26 (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truz said sanctions against Russian individuals and companies could be lifted if Russia withdrew from Ukraine and pledged to end the aggression, the Telegraph reported on Saturday. Britain and other Western nations are using economic sanctions to cripple the Russian economy and punish President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, forcing him to abandon what he calls a special military operation to demilitarize and “demilitarize” . In an interview with the Telegraph, Tras voiced the possibility that the measures would be terminated if Moscow changed course. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register “What we do know is that Russia has signed a lot of agreements that they just do not comply with. So there has to be hard leverage. Of course, sanctions are a hard lever,” he said. “These sanctions should be lifted only with a complete ceasefire and withdrawal, but also commitments that there will be no further aggression. And there is also the possibility of emergency sanctions if there is further aggression in the future. This is a real lever that I think it can be used “. The British government says it has so far imposed sanctions on banks with total assets of 500 500 billion ($ 658.65 billion) and oligarchs and family members with net worth of more than 150 150 billion. Tras also argued that the crisis had brought Britain and the European Union closer together, as relations had deteriorated sharply in the wake of Brexit. “One of the points I would make about this crisis is that we have worked very, very closely with the European Union,” he said. “Of course, there are some areas where we have differences with the EU. But basically, we are all democratic nations, we all believe in the freedom and right of people to choose their own governments and we are very united in the struggle.” Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report by Michael Holden. Edited by Aurora Ellis Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
