The European Parliament Committee on international relations blessed the draft decision calling for sanctions against Russia in case of failure of the Minsk agreements, and wants to bring the document to valaisiana Assembly in June. "If Russia will continue to destabilize the situation in Eastern Ukraine and will not abandon the illegal annexation of Crimea, the EU is obliged to strengthen penalties and take steps to assist Ukraine defensive weapons and other military assistance ", - quotes the letter of the press service of the EP RIA " Novosti ". It claims also on the need for the EU cooperated with the USA and NATO in ensuring security in the black sea region. Before Tuesday the Minister for foreign Affairs of Austria Sebastian Kurz said that the European Union States links the future of sanctions against Russia with the progress of the Minsk agreements on Ukraine. In response to this, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov, the penalties are not Russia's decision, for this reason, any criteria for lifting them with the EU will not be discussed. For its part, the permanent Commissioner of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that Moscow is not engaged in dialogues with the European Union on the abolition of punishment, it is the decision of the countries of Europe make their own.