With Finland and Sweden poised to affix the NATO army alliance, impartial Austria is searching for nearer cooperation with like-minded EU nations Cyprus, Eire and Malta.
Austria's defence minister, Klaudia Tanner, says the impartial quartet may play a key position in serving to to mediate peace between Russia and Ukraine.
"It is rather necessary that we coordinate extra carefully with the impartial nations or these that don't belong to an alliance like NATO," Tanner informed Euronews.
"Perhaps additionally it is a chance, when the time comes, to supply a stage for diplomatic alternatives -- sooner or later, not nowadays -- however sooner or later, at the present time will come."
Moscow has lately rejected an Austrian mediation position between Russia and Ukraine. By going together with the anti-Russian sanctions, Vienna has been too pro-Western, the Kremlin mentioned.
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