British foreign minister Liz Truss says sanctions imposed on Russian individuals and companies could be lifted if Russia withdraws from Ukraine and commits to end aggression, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday.
Highlights
- British foreign minister says sanctions could be lifted if Russia withdraws from Ukraine.
- Britain and other nations are using economic sanctions to punish Russia for invading Ukraine.
- British government says it has imposed sanctions on Russian individuals and businesses with more than $650 million worth of assets in the region.
- “We all believe in freedom and the right to select their own country,” says British Foreign Minister Peter Mandeless, who says the EU is “very much united in the fight” Russia’s ambassador to the U.K.
- says the sanctions should only come off with a full withdrawal from the region, not a return to the region’s borders, but a withdrawal of any further aggression.