Sanctions could 'seriously hurt' Russia, Hammond warns

S U N D AY 30 MARCH 2014 Philip Hammond says Russia could fac fu!"h ! sanc"ions as "h coun"!y#s l ad !s hi" $ac% a" "h & s" fo! "a!' "in' indi(idual ci"i) ns* Russia is facing the threat of economic sanctions which could "seriously hurt" the country if Moscow orders any further intervention in Ukraine, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond warned US secretary of state !ohn "erry and Russian counterpart Sergey #avrov are set to hold talks in Paris to $uild on discussions $etween their countries% leaders a$out ways to resolve the dispute Mr Hammond said he hoped a diplomatic solution could $e found $ut maintained it is important to continue to pressure Moscow following its use of "very crude" tactics against Ukraine &he Defence Secretary said there were concerns a$out Russian troops on the $order with Ukraine, following the anne'ation of the (rimean peninsula He said U" forces were stepping up their involvement in military e'ercises in eastern )urope to provide reassurance for *ato mem$ers in the region

that they would $e defended in the event of any Russian attempts to violate their territory Diplomacy is "h a!" of "al%in' and ! achin' a'! Minister Sergei #avrov He told the ,,(%s -ndrew Marr Show. ")very$ody is concerned /e are concerned that there might $e a further incursion in the territory of a sovereign nation "/hether there is or there isn%t, we all need to $e concerned a$out the use of this very crude and $lunt instrument to try to influence other countries and their $ehaviour "/e thought we had seen the end of that kind of thing in )urope " "(ertainly one of the things we are looking at is a greater participation in e'ercises in the ,altic States, the eastern )uropean *ato mem$er countries as a way of reassuring them a$out our commitment to -rticle 0 of the /ashington &reaty, the mutual guarantee " -rticle 0 of the *ato treaty means that an attack on one nation in the alliance is viewed as an act of aggression against them all Mr Hammond said. "/e have already announced that we will $e providing &yphoon aircraft, $ased pro$a$ly in )stonia, to support the Polish1led ,altic air policing mission during the summer
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas -le'ander told the -ndrew Marr Show. "2 think these talks are vital $etween the US and Russia $ut it%s e3ually vital we see talks $etween Russia and the Ukraine "&hat is the $asis on which we can see a lowering of the temperature and a de1 escalation of what remain some very serious risks on the eastern Ukrainian $order "

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R ( n' claim Russian +oreign Minister Sergei #avrov says sanctions imposed $y the /est, directed at people personally, look like 4a revenge5 He has claimed that if the /est recognises the change of power in "iev it should recognise the change of power in (rimea too "/e know for a fact that diplomats from the )uropean Union countries and from the US here in Moscow are instructed not to attend events where people from the sanctions list will appear "2t totally contradicts the tasks that diplomacy needs to solve Diplomacy is the art of talking and reaching agreements "