(ANSA) - BELGRADE, OCT 10 - "Sanctions play a decisive role: they serve to weaken Russia economically and are critical to the end of this terrible war," Austrian Finance Minister Markus Warterbauer said upon arriving at the ECOFIN Council meeting in Luxembourg.T he EU Commission's new proposal to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine's Reparations loan is described as a "innovative and debate-worthy" initiative. "For Austria, a neutral country, it is critical that the legal and security framework take this neutrality into account and that the funds are not used directly for weapons purchases." (ANSA).