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

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

Earlier in�the day, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in�his Munich Security Conference speech that Russia-NATO relations had reached the�level of�a new Cold War.
"We cannot allow this�. �Cold war� must remain in�history," Kurz told RIA Novosti.


The Vienna talks on�the Syrian crisis must be used to�find a diplomatic solution for�the proxy war in�the country, the official said.
"There are currently events going on�in Syria which are not far from�the threshold of�a war between�Russia and Iran on�one side and the United States and Saudi Arabia on�the other. We must try to�prevent such an outcome," Kurz explained.


The International Syria Support Group (ISSG) was formed in�November shortly after�the beginning of�the Syria peace talks in�Vienna as�an international format aiming to�resolve the internal crisis in�Syria, where a proxy war has been ongoing since�2011, with�forces loyal to�Syrian President Bashar Assad fighting against�several opposition factions and extremists.

The format currently involves Russia, the Arab League countries, the European Union and some of�its member states, as�well as�China, Iran, Turkey, the United Nations and the United States.
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