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Sunday 14 February 2016 - 12:51
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EU cannot allow new 'cold war' with Russia - Austrian FM

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said that Cold war must remain in history.

MUNICH (Sputnik) The European Union cannot allow a new "cold war" againstRussia, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said.

Earlier inthe day, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said inhis Munich Security Conference speech that Russia-NATO relations had reached thelevel ofa new Cold War.
"We cannot allow this. Cold war must remain inhistory," Kurz told RIA Novosti.


The Vienna talks onthe Syrian crisis must be used tofind a diplomatic solution forthe proxy war inthe country, the official said.
"There are currently events going onin Syria which are not far fromthe threshold ofa war betweenRussia and Iran onone side and the United States and Saudi Arabia onthe other. We must try toprevent such an outcome," Kurz explained.


The International Syria Support Group (ISSG) was formed inNovember shortly afterthe beginning ofthe Syria peace talks inVienna asan international format aiming toresolve the internal crisis inSyria, where a proxy war has been ongoing since2011, withforces loyal toSyrian President Bashar Assad fighting againstseveral opposition factions and extremists.

The format currently involves Russia, the Arab League countries, the European Union and some ofits member states, aswell asChina, Iran, Turkey, the United Nations and the United States.
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