CSTO says it will take action if situation on Armenia-Azerbaijani border worsens
YEREVAN, May 13. /ARKA/. The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) made a comment in connection with the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the Syunik region of Armenia.
Earlier today, Viktor Biyagov, Armenia's Permanent Representative to CSTO, highlighted the details of an Azerbaijani provocation in a border area with Armenia's Syunik region and the resulting situation, when addressing a meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council.
Biyagov described the provocation as a direct encroachment on the sovereign territory of Armenia, which is CSTO member, and a serious threat to regional security and stability.
He also stressed that if Azerbaijani troops do not retreat from the territory of Armenia within a reasonable time, the entire responsibility for the further escalation of the situation will lie with the Azerbaijani side.
According to official information, Azerbaijani troops crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and advanced more than three kilometers towards the village of Verishen in Syunik
According to CSTO, the organization's Secretary General Stanislav Zas discussed the current situation by telephone with Acting Defense Minister of Armenia Vagharshak Harutyunyan and Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Ara Ayvazyan.
"The CSTO is closely following the development of the situation in the border regions of the Syunik province of Armenia. As the situation develops, if necessary, actions will be taken provided for by the provisions of the Collective Security Treaty and the CSTO Charter," the CSTO said.
According to official information, Azerbaijani troops crossed the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and advanced more than three kilometers towards the village of Verishen in Syunik
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said earlier today that the situation did not change and that Azerbaijani troops were still in Armenia.
Late on May 12 he told an emergency Security Council meeting that "given the situation, our priority is to resolve this problem through negotiations, as well as diplomacy. But this is one of the options. I want us to understand that we cannot tolerate and put up with the current situation. At the Security Council, we must discuss the situation and our further actions and possible scenarios.' -0-
