UK supports energy ceasefire, Healey says

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“An energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia is what, I believe, and the UK believes, is the best way of stabilising international energy markets, bringing prices down, including for diesel,” Chancellor John Healey says. When asked if the government is considering confiscating frozen Russian assets, Mr Healey says he “urged European nations not to dial down on sanctions” adding, “I'm having discussions about how we do both.”  Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I spoke to President Trump's Treasury Secretary at the weekend and I said to him, look, an energy ceasefire between

00:09Ukraine and Russia is what I believe and the UK believes is the best way of stabilising international energy markets,

00:16bringing prices down, including for diesel.

00:17What we've done as a government is always try and act with other nations. If you're going to take action

00:22to put pressure on Putin, it's much stronger if you do it together. It's why I've been really strong on

00:28a ban of maritime shipping services and it's European nations not to dial down those sanctions at the moment. But

00:34look, in terms of options for stepping up support on for Ukraine or pressure on Russia, all those all the

00:42options we're looking at. And I'm having discussions about how we do both.

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