The Austrian foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said that it did not support the idea of early renewal of economic sanctions on the Russian capital, noting that the decision must depend on the situation in Ukraine.
"I think there is no need at present to make a decision. Penalties apply even before the summer, for this reason, the decision to have enough time. But more accurately, this will discuss the issue of head of state and government at the end of the week, " said Kurz, answering the question whether it is necessary at present to accept the conclusion on the extension of economic sanctions, expiring at the end of July. According to him, " opinion on the renewal or non-renewal of punishment must depend on how the situation is developing in Ukraine ", RIA " Novosti ". Before the first day of the week, Deputy foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov said that some European Union countries keep their "zealous" partners from imposing new sanctions on the Russian capital. At the same time the head of the Council of Europe Donald Tusk believes that the punishment is relatively capital of Russia must continue to act in support of the execution of prisoners in Minsk agreements and relations between the US and the European Union. On the last working day of the week, a source in the diplomatic mission of one of the leading EU member States in Brussels said that the question of extending the sectoral punishment of the European Union to the Russian capital has the possibility to be solved during the next EU summit in June. Before that, on Wednesday, 1st Vice-President of the European Commission Franz Timmermans in the European Parliament said that the restriction on capital of Russia must be part of the strategy of the European Union.


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