It is up to political leadership to ask CSTO to respond to escalating tension in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, spokesman
22.12.2015,
16:11
It is up to the political leadership of the country to ask the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to respond to the escalating tension in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, a spokesman for the Armenian defense ministry, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, said today.
YEREVAN, December 22. /ARKA/. It is up to the political leadership of the country to ask the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to respond to the escalating tension in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, a spokesman for the Armenian defense ministry, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, said today.
According to him, this question is being raised continuously after each round of rising tensions on the border.
"However, this is more a political than a military issue. It should be handled by the political leadership of the country, not by the defense ministry, he said.
The latest summit of CSTO member states, held in Moscow earlier this week, has extended the term in office of Russian representative Nikolai Bordyuzha as secretary general of the organization until January 1, 2017.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization founded in 2002 comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Uzbekistan suspended its participation in December 2012. -0-
According to him, this question is being raised continuously after each round of rising tensions on the border.
"However, this is more a political than a military issue. It should be handled by the political leadership of the country, not by the defense ministry, he said.
The latest summit of CSTO member states, held in Moscow earlier this week, has extended the term in office of Russian representative Nikolai Bordyuzha as secretary general of the organization until January 1, 2017.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization founded in 2002 comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Uzbekistan suspended its participation in December 2012. -0-
