Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger suggested European Union to not lift arms embargo on Syria. During a Friday interview with The Associated Press in Vienna, Spindelegger said that there is a need to figure out solutions through political processes to ensure peace in Syria.

He said that the EU's embargo should be extended in order to maintain the safety of UN peacemakers in the Golan Heights. The embargo does not allow militants fighting against the Syrian government to seek arms supply from EU states.

Austria has 377 soldiers in the 900-strong UN peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights. Spindelegger expressed concerns that if EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday take a decision of lifting the embargo, the UN peacemakers could be targeted. The decision to lift embargo will allow EU states to send weapons to the militants in Syria.

Moreover, The Austrian foreign minister said that allowing supply of more weapons into Syria will exacerbate the crisis. The U. S.-Russian peace initiative may also be threatened along with creation of more divisions in the UN Security Council.

"We believe there are enough weapons in Syria. We support a cease-fire, not weapons deliveries", said Spindelegger. European foreign ministers have so far failed to take a decision whether to lift an arms embargo on the militants in Syria.