Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Mnatsakan Safaryan said that the country’s security council is considering withdrawing from the CSTO in 2022. TASS.
“Apparently this was discussed at a meeting of the Security Council, I think it was discussed in September 2022. It was decided not to take this step, but to stay in the organization. At the moment, there is no question of withdrawing from the CSTO, the rest will be discussed on a case-by-case basis,” he said.
He added that Armenia hopes to obtain positive results from the meeting on observers from the CSTO, which is proposed to be placed on the Azerbaijani border.
Former Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan declarationThe issue of the republic’s withdrawal from the CSTO has been raised, since Armenia does not currently receive the weapons ordered from the Russian Federation.
According to the politician, now it is necessary to look for new deliveries of weapons and mechanisms, since Armenia did not receive what it paid Russia. At the same time, the Secretary of the Security Council pointed out that the issue of Armenia’s withdrawal from the CSTO was indeed brought up.