![]() “We absolutely have a shared interest” in European security and preserving “a rules-based order” with the E.U., Tatham said. Referring to the coordination between London and the EU on sanctions, he said “a mechanism for that exists” and it worked. ![]() ![]() “The locker of further measures is not empty” if the Kremlin does not reverse its policies and end its “naked aggression” that is threatening Ukrainian sovereignty, according to Tatham. He added that sanctioning Belarus, which is backing Russia and providing a staging ground for the attack, demonstrates that flexibility. Speaking at an online Wilson Center forum, Michael Tatham, the U.K.’s deputy ambassador to the U.S., said Washington, London, the European Union and Pacific partners leveling sanctions was “coordinated, synchronized and broadly consistent … for maximum impact.” The harsh sanctions already imposed on Russian businesses, financial institutions and individuals following the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine are “a rolling program” that can be ratcheted up as events unfold, a senior United Kingdom diplomat said Tuesday.
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