The Austrian Ambassador to the Russian Federation: it is necessary to influence the warring parties in Ukraine
Involved in the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict, the parties must use their influence on the warring parties in order to implement the consensus Of the Minsk agreements, said the Austrian Ambassador in Russia Emil Brix.
according to his statement, the European Union came to a conclusion that full implementation of the Minsk agreements is a condition for the cessation of punishment." This applies, of course, and also to Austria. All parties involved are obliged to apply its influence on the warring parties in Ukraine to implement as soon as possible the Minsk agreement, " the Ambassador said in the interview Last news .
He said that " the story is about a peaceful political solution to the conflict, and for this reason punishment is not an end in itself but a means to achieve a solution to the conflict ".
The summit of the heads of the EU countries at the end of March made a political decision to link the effect of economic penalties against Russia's full implementation of the Minsk agreement, noting, because It is only planned by 31 December 2015. Hence the need to extend the action of economic sanctions, ending on 31 July of the current year. Now the EU must enact legislation enshrining prolongation, which, as expected, has the opportunity to be adopted at the conference of the heads of the EU countries at the end of June.
Read the interview with the Ambassador of Austria in Russia by Emil Brix
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