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Pashinyan: Armenia intends to closely collaborate with CSTO member states to increase combat effectiveness
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended a meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Dushanbe, Tajikistan that discussed the CSTO priorities, as well as issues related to security in the CSTO zone of responsibility, further development of the CSTO, and the situation in Afghanistan, the Armenian government ...
09/16/2021Armenia not going to hold back when it comes to ensuring its security - parliament speaker
... borders. If there is no border, then there is no zone of responsibility and there is no CSTO," he said. Pashinyan reminded that the border between Russia and Azerbaijan is not demarcated either, so according to this logic, Azerbaijan can attack Russia. "When they say whether Armenia will leave the CSTO or not, this is the wrong wording of the question. The question is as follows: will the CSTO withdraw from Armenia or not? Will the CSTO fix its zone of responsibility, its "red line" in Armenia?" the prime minister said. Pashinyan ...
10/01/2022Armenia's withdrawal from CSTO remains on agenda - Prime Minister
... was to host this year and refused also to appoint a deputy secretary-general of the CSTO citing a lack of CSTO support in its conflict with Azerbaijan, which has seized parts of Armenia's sovereign territory. Citing the same reason, it also rejected CSTO's offer to deploy a monitoring mission to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. In a recent interview with Russian RTVI Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said Moscow expected the 'harmful discussions on whether CSTO was leaving Armenia or not to end and that all issues of interaction with Yerevan within the CSTO framework, including the deployment ...
05/22/2023Russian diplomat: CSTO ready to discuss deployment of observer mission on Armenian-Azerbaijani border
... Armenia's participation in joint operational and combat training activities within the CSTO. Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, speaking about the prospects of Armenia's participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, said that the Russian Federation will continue its dialogue with Armenian friends, including the CSTO topics. -0-
08/02/2023Armenia awaits answers from CSTO to questions related to organization's behavior - Secretary of Security Council
... is set to host a CSTO summit later this month that he will not attend the gathering The Armenian government said the phone call was initiated by the Belarusian leader. Earlier this year, Pashinyan told a press conference that Armenia would not host CSTO military exercises in 2023, saying Armenia expected the Russia-led military pact to make a clear-cut assessment of Azerbaijan’s continued occupation of chunks of Armenia’s sovereign territories. Pashinyan said Armenia wanted to 'understand what the area of the CSTO’s responsibility is.” In another ...
11/15/2023All CSTO members, except for Armenia, approve Stanislav Zas as new CSTO secretary general
... (CSC) of the CSTO, the CSTO secretariat prepared draft decisions of the CSTO Ministerial Council and the CSC on the appointment of Zas as secretary general of the CSTO and sent them to the CSTO member countries for their approval. The turmoil in the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was triggered by Armenia’s decision in early November to recall Yuri Khachaturov, a former chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, who had been serving as CSTO secretary general. In Armenia Khachaturov had been charged with involvement in the violent ...
12/25/2018Wittingly or unwittingly, CSTO leaving Armenia and that worries us - Pashinyan
Wittingly or unwittingly, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO, a Russian-led military pact consisting also of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) is leaving Armenia, and this worries us. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference on Tuesday. YEREVAN, March 14. /ARKA/. Wittingly or unwittingly, the Collective Security ...
03/14/2023Russian Foreign Minister: Armenia would have benefited from deployment of CSTO mission
Armenia would have had a more stable situation if it had agreed to deployment of a Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) mission, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Tsargrad TV channel. YEREVAN, May 17. /ARKA/. Armenia would have had a more stable situation if it had agreed to deployment of a Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) mission, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Tsargrad TV channel. "Last autumn, a document ...
05/17/2023Russian Ambassador to Armenia on inconsistency in CSTO: It is a community of equal and sovereign states
... decisions were adopted, which really work for the enhancement of the CSTO capabilities and tools aimed at solution of problems, which member states face and which are core issues for the CSTO," he said. In this context, the Ambassador recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin highly appreciated Armenia's chairmanship of the CSTO in 2022. "We all remember the first ever practical cooperation between the states in promoting security and stability in Kazakhstan - a very good example of how our states can work in concert and act decisively enough. And here we note the great ...
12/02/2022Armenian president receives CSTO council of foreign ministers and CSTO secretary general
Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan received today members of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and CSTO Secretary General who have arrived to Armenia to participate at the Yerevan session of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which is conducted in the framework of Armenia’s presidency at the CSTO. YEREVAN, July 4. /ARKA/....
07/04/2016Ex-president Kocharyan says CSTO unable to influence Azerbaijan
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has no leverages of influence on Turkey and Azerbaijan and the Russia-led security pact will not take active steps (to protect Armenia’s territorial integrity against Azerbaijan), but Armenia should not withdraw from the organization and try instead use its capabilities, former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan said at a press conference today. YEREVAN, September ...
09/28/2022Pashinyan: it’s necessary to appropriately apply mechanisms existing in CSTO
... Collective Security Treaty Organization.0 YEREVAN, August 11. /ARKA/. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received August 10 Stanislav Zas, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Nikol Pashinyan welcomed the visit of Mr. Zas to Armenia and said, ‘’We highly value our membership to the CSTO. The CSTO is one of the key elements of Armenia’s security system, which has a broad zone of responsibility. Unfortunately, tensions rise in quite many places. And it’s also for this reason that we are seriously preparing for our chairmanship ...
08/11/2021Armenia is negotiating from worse positions: expert
... observers could stabilize the situation on Armenian-Azerbaijani border. </p> <p> "Pashinyan demanded that the CSTO, in addition to sending a mission to Armenia, also make a statement to condemn Azerbaijan as an 'aggressor', which the CSTO could not do, because besides Armenia, Russia and Belarus the organization’s other members are the countries that would never agree to brand Azerbaijan as 'aggressor'," Martirosyan said. </p> <p> Last November Pashinyan refused to sign the declaration adopted by the ...
05/18/2023CSTO ready to help Armenia by sending mission to its border with Azerbaijan
... border with Armenia ahead of the commissioning of a new motor road that would connect Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said earlier this month that wittingly or unwittingly, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO, a Russian-led military pact consisting also of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) was leaving Armenia. He recalled that Armenia had repeatedly appealed to the CSTO for help after Azerbaijan invaded parts of its territory. "Everyone witnessed how long and consistently Armenia ...
03/31/2023Mirzoyan and Tasmagambetov discussed CSTO activities and the situation in the region
... interview with The Wall Street Journal that Azerbaijan's aggressive actions and inaction of the CSTO forced Armenia to seek to diversify its relations in the security area. Earlier this year, Pashinyan told a press conference that Armenia would not host CSTO military exercises in 2023, saying Armenia expected the Russia-led military pact to make a clear-cut assessment of Azerbaijan’s continued occupation of chunks of Armenia’s sovereign territories. Pashinyan said Armenia wanted to 'understand what the area of the CSTO’s responsibility is.” In another ...
12/21/2023Russian diplomat claims Armenia's security impossible without CSTO
... in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that Azerbaijan's aggressive actions and inaction of the CSTO forced Armenia to seek to diversify its relations in the security area. Pashinyan told a last year press conference that Armenia would not host CSTO military exercises in 2023, saying Armenia expected the Russia-led military pact to make a clear-cut assessment of Azerbaijan’s continued occupation of chunks of Armenia’s sovereign territories. Pashinyan said Armenia wanted to 'understand what the area of the CSTO’s responsibility is.” In another ...
02/01/2024CSTO is one of most important elements of Armenia’s security system, Pashinyan says
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received candidate for the post of Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Stanislav Zas, the government press office reported. YEREVAN, May 28 /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received candidate for the post of Secretary General of the Collective ...
05/28/2019Armenian PM says CSTO actions run counter to country's national interests
... interview with The Wall Street Journal that Azerbaijan's aggressive actions and inaction of the CSTO forced Armenia to seek to diversify its relations in the security area. Earlier this year, Pashinyan told a press conference that Armenia would not host CSTO military exercises in 2023, saying Armenia expected the Russia-led military pact to make a clear-cut assessment of Azerbaijan’s continued occupation of chunks of Armenia’s sovereign territories. Pashinyan said Armenia wanted to 'understand what the area of the CSTO’s responsibility is.” In another ...
11/24/2023Head of Caucasus Institute in Yerevan says Armenian PM had to order dispatch of 70 troops to Kazakhstan to show his loyalty to CSTO and Russia
... demonstrate loyalty to Russia and the CSTO.” YEREVAN, January 7. /ARKA/. Aleksandr Iskandaryan, the director of the Caucasus Institute in Yerevan, said today that Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who holds the rotating chairmanship in the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), had to order the dispatch of as many as 70 Armenian troops to Kazakhstan as part of a CSTO peacekeeping contingent ‘because he needs to demonstrate loyalty to Russia and the CSTO.” According to Iskandaryan, the dispatch of troops is symbolic and should not be treated as a serious interference ...
01/07/2022CSTO statement on its zone of responsibility in Armenia is ‘incomprehensible’ - pro-government MP
... its zone of responsibility in Armenia. YEREVAN, April 3. /ARKA/. The head of the parliamentary committee on state-legal issues from the ruling Civil Contract party Vladimir Vardanyan described as "incomprehensible" the statement of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on its zone of responsibility in Armenia. On April 1, the CSTO responded to Yerevan's demand to clarify its zone of responsibility in Armenia by saying that "the CSTO's zone of responsibility ends where the state border passes, which is settled bilaterally between Armenia and its ...
04/03/2024Criticism of CSTO does not contribute to search for mutually acceptable solutions - Russian Foreign Ministry
... countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia) have made to resolve that protracted conflict, which has repeatedly broken off into dangerous, bloody spirals," she said Earlier, invoking a CSTO treaty article that says that attack on one is an attack on all Armenia officially asked the CSTO for military assistance hours after the outbreak of the two-day hostilities on the border on September 13-14, but Russia and other CSTO member states declined the request, deciding instead to send the fact-finding missions tasked with studying the situation on the ground and submitting policy recommendations. The Secretary of Armenia's Security Council Armen Grigoryan ...
09/29/2022CSTO calls for immediate ceasefire on Armenia-Azerbaijan border
... The roof of one of the houses was damaged. On Tuesday night, Armenian forces suppressed enemy tank activity. In the morning, the Armenian Ministry of Defense announced the attack of enemy drones on the city of Byrd. Concern over the escalation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border was expressed, in particular, by the Russian Foreign Ministry and EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, Toivo Klaar. On Monday, the CSTO website reported that in connection with the aggravation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas initiated an emergency meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council on July 13. However, later this message ...
07/14/2020CSTO mission's advance group arrives in Armenia September 15
The advance group of the CSTO Mission headed by the head of the CSTO Joint Staff Anatoly Sidorov will fly to Armenia on September 15, Novosti-Armenia news agency reported citing the CSTO press service. YEREVAN, September 14. /ARKA/. The advance group of the CSTO Mission headed by the head of the CSTO Joint Staff Anatoly Sidorov will fly to Armenia on September ...
09/14/2022CSTO members not uneasy because of lack of consensus on appointment of new secretary general
... the disputed presidential election in 2008. Armenia insists on the appointment of its representative, since Khachaturov worked only half of his term, which expires in 2020. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko disagrees with this argument. The CSTO includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.-0-
02/22/2019Zas: CSTO taking measures to strengthen peace and stability in member states
... necessary measures to strengthen peace and stability in its member states and is ready to protect their interests, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas told a meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils in Yerevan today. "The CSTO (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia) principled position remains unchanged: we are convinced of the need for a political settlement of all existing conflicts and we call on all forces that affect international security to do so. Along with this, we are taking all necessary measures ...
06/17/2022Armenia expresses its dissatisfaction over CSTO response to tension on its border with Azerbaijan
Armenian Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan expressed Monday Armenia’s dissatisfaction over the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO response to Azerbaijani incursion into some parts of its sovereign territory as he received the secretary general of CSTO ... ... Gegharkunik province. On the same day Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan suggested that international observers from Russia or other Minsk Group countries be deployed at Sotk-Khoznavar section on Armenia's border with Azerbaijan. Speaking at a ...
08/10/2021Armenia ready to host CSTO mission - Pashinyan
... and added that expectations from the CSTO mission should be higher. Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that the timing of the possible deployment of the CSTO mission in Armenia depends on the Armenian side. "The Russian side is satisfied that Armenia remains interested in accepting CSTO peacekeepers. We are convinced that this step will help stabilize the situation in the region," she said. High-ranking Armenian officials said repeatedly that the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) must condemn Azerbaijan’s ...
04/20/2023Armenia refuses to nominate candidate for post of CSTO deputy secretary general
... candidate for the position of deputy secretary general of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). YEREVAN, March 10. /ARKA/. Armenia has refused to nominate a candidate for the position of deputy secretary general of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The news was confirmed by Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Vahan Hunanyan to Novosti-Armenia news agency. "Yes, we have submitted a corresponding proposal to the CSTO," Hunanyan said. In late November 2022, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan refused to sign ...
03/10/2023CSTO secretary general: Armenia did not ask for CSTO help during Karabakh war
Armenia did not ask for CSTO assistance during the war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said at a press conference on Tuesday, when asked why the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization, of which Armenia is a member, did not intervene to stop the war. YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. Armenia did not ask for CSTO assistance during the war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said at a press conference on Tuesday,...
02/02/2021CSTO secretary general briefs Armenian PM on outcome of fact-finding mission
... to brief Pashinyan on the preliminary results of the CSTO fact-finding mission. Pashinyan and Zas discussed also in detail the current situation in the region. Earlier, invoking a CSTO treaty article that says that attack on one is an attack on all Armenia officially asked the CSTO for military assistance hours after the outbreak of the two-day hostilities on the border on September 13-14, but Russia and other CSTO member states declined the request, deciding instead to send the fact-finding missions tasked with studying the situation on the ground and submitting policy recommendations. The Secretary of Armenia's Security Council Armen Grigoryan ...
09/29/2022CSTO considers Armenia its full member, despite Pashinyan's statement on withdrawal
... Belarus, as the head of a CSTO member state, participated in the preparation of the 44-day war (the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 and encouraged and wished victory to Azerbaijan. In a related development, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia will continue to work with Armenia to clarify Yerevan's position on the CSTO. "As for Armenia, we will continue to work with our Armenian friends, we will clarify their position, of course, we hope that in any case we will stick to partnership and alliance relations," the spokesman said when asked to comment on ...
06/13/2024Armenian PM says return to CSTO has become impossible
... increasingly difficult, if not impossible, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday. YEREVAN, 4 December. /ARKA/. Armenia's return to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) is becoming increasingly difficult, if not impossible, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday. During a governmental question-and-answer session in the National Assembly, the prime minister was asked to comment on Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent statement on Yerevan's further cooperation with the CSTO. 'We don't participate in the ...
12/04/2024Pashinyan: absence of decision on CSTO response to Azerbaijani aggression against Armenia is disappointing
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, welcoming today the leaders of CSTO member countries in Yerevan for a session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, said that Armenia's chairmanship in the organization that is ending today has been very eventful, marking, particularly, the 20th anniversary of the CSTO. YEREVAN,...
11/23/2022Armenia actively involved in CSTO last year
Armenia was actively involved in the Collective Security Treaty Organization last year, says a report prepared by the RA Foreign ... ... Collective Security Treaty Organization last year, says a report prepared by the RA Foreign Office. Last September Armenia took over CSTO chairmanship. According to the report, last April the CSTO Intergovernmental Commission for Military and Technical Cooperation ...
01/22/2009Pashinyan: next logical step will be withdrawal from CSTO
The next logical step will be Armenia’s withdrawal from the Collective Security treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said today. YEREVAN, 13 June. /ARKA/. The next logical step will be Armenia’s withdrawal from the Collective Security treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said today....
06/13/2024Pashinyan recalls arms sales by CSTO member states to Azerbaijan
... said. Overall, Pashinyan stated that Armenia, as a founding member of the CSTO, is committed to fulfilling its obligations and considers the Organization a key factor for stability and security in the Eurasian region and for the Republic of Armenia. CSTO members are Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia. -0-
05/16/2022Ex-president of Armenia says do not rely on CSTO in security matters
.... Speaking at a press conference today, Kocharyan said: "We have borders with four countries, and I don't think a sane person would expect threats from Georgia or Iran. But the other two- Azerbaijan and Turkey obviously pose a serious threat to Armenia. All CSTO countries, except for Russia, have closer relations in all spheres with both Turkey and Azerbaijan." He reminded that the Turkic-speaking countries of CSTO –Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - are also members of other organizations along with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Kocharyan ...
02/17/2022Russia regrets Armenia's absence at CSTO summit in Minsk
... interview with The Wall Street Journal that Azerbaijan's aggressive actions and inaction of the CSTO forced Armenia to seek to diversify its relations in the security area. Earlier this year, Pashinyan told a press conference that Armenia would not host CSTO military exercises in 2023, saying Armenia expected the Russia-led military pact to make a clear-cut assessment of Azerbaijan’s continued occupation of chunks of Armenia’s sovereign territories. Pashinyan said Armenia wanted to 'understand what the area of the CSTO’s responsibility is.” In another ...
11/23/2023CSTO secretary general and Armenian top military leadership discussed situation on border with Azerbaijan
... reported. Zas has arrived in Armenia for a fact-finding mission following September 13-14 large-scale fighting provoked by Azerbaijan on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Invoking a CSTO treaty article that says that attack on one is an attack on all Armenia officially asked the CSTO for military assistance hours after the outbreak of the two-day hostilities on the border, but Russia and other CSTO member states (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) declined the request, deciding instead to send the fact-finding missions tasked with studying the situation on the ground and submitting policy recommendations. According ...
09/22/2022CSTO ‘has not yet unsheathed its sword’- CSTO mission head
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) "has not yet unsheathed its sword " and is trying to resolve the escalating tensions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in a peaceful way, said Sunday Anatoly Sidorov, the head of a Russia-led CSTO fact-finding mission, sent to Armenia following and emergency CSTO meeting requested by Armenia earlier this week. YEREVAN, September 19. /ARKA/. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) "has not yet unsheathed its sword " and is trying to resolve the escalating ...
09/18/2022Khandanyan: Armenia has never refused to accept CSTO observation mission
... the current situation, it will be difficult to imagine the fundamental nature of this mission. "Nevertheless, Armenia has never given up on it. It just wants the problem to be clearly recorded," the head of the commission noted. On the eve, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the timing of a possible CSTO mission in Armenia depends on the Armenian side. Earlier, Armenian cancelled a CSTO military exercise it was to host later this year and refused also to appoint a deputy secretary-general of the CSTO citing a lack of CSTO support in its conflict with Azerbaijan,...
04/06/2023Simonyan: draft CSTO decision on assistance to Armenia under discussion
Discussions are underway on a draft decision of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Collective Security Council on measures to help Armenia following Azerbaijan’s aggression and occupation of part of its territory, Armenian parliament speaker Alain Simonyan told reporters on Wednesday. YEREVAN, December 7. /ARKA/. Discussions are underway on a draft decision of the Collective ...
12/07/2022Parliament speaker: Armenia never declared its withdrawal from CSTO, but is concerned about its pullout from the region
Armenia has never declared it is going to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said today during a meeting of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly. YEREVAN, December 5. /ARKA/. Armenia has never declared it is going to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization ...
12/05/2022CSTO expects Armenia to clarify prospects of relations with the organisation
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) expects Armenia to clarify the prospects of its relations with the military pact, CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov said, TASS news agency reported. YEREVAN, 3 June. /ARKA/. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) expects Armenia to ...
06/03/2024Armenia has not officially notified of suspension of CSTO membership - Kremlin
... interview with The Wall Street Journal, Pashinyan said that Azerbaijan's aggressive actions and the CSTO's inaction force Armenia to seek diversification of security relations. Early last year, Pashinyan told a press conference that Armenia would not host CSTO military exercises in 2023, saying Armenia expects the Russian-led military pact to clearly assess Azerbaijan's continued occupation of parts of Armenia's sovereign territories. Pashinyan said Armenia wants to "understand the CSTO's zone of responsibility." In another rupture between Armenia and ...
02/23/2024Pashinyan points out Azerbaijan's aggressive statements against Armenia as he receives CSTO secretaries of security councils
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who received today secretaries of the CSTO member states' security councils in Yerevan, referred to Azerbaijan's aggressive statements against Armenia. YEREVAN, June 17, /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who received today secretaries of the CSTO member states' security ...
06/17/2022Armenian PM does not rule out de jure freezing of participation in CSTO
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today accused the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) of creating threats to Armenia's security. YEREVAN, February 28. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today accused the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) of creating threats to Armenia's security. Addressing lawmakers, Pashinyan said ...
02/28/2024CSTO meeting in Yerevan to discuss assistance measures for Armenia
... leaders of six former Soviet republics will also discuss urgent problems of international and regional security, according to CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov. The session will be chaired by Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation and President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan are expected to participate in the event. Taking into account that ...
11/18/2022Armenia suspends participation in Collective Security Treaty Organization
... see what happens next,” he said. The CSTO includes six states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. As for the Russian military base located in Armenia's Gyumri, the prime minister said its deployment is not part of the CSTO. "In fact, it is the subject of another (Russian-Armenian) treaty. We are not talking about it at the moment," Pashinyan said. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Defense Minister Suren Papikyan refused to attend a joint meeting of CSTO foreign and defense ministers in November 22, 2023 ...
02/23/2024Armenia’s acting FM, CSTO secretary general discuss consequences of Azerbaijani aggression against Karabakh and provocations against Armenia
Armenia’s acting Foreign Minister Armen Grigoryan and the visiting Secretary General of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas discussed today the situation on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan resulting from the latter’s incursion into the Syunik and Gegharkunik provinces of Armenia, as well as the provocations of Azerbaijan troops, including from the territory of its exclave Nakhichevan. YEREVAN, August ...
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