Armenia will not announce a change in its policy and has not decided to leave the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced this on government time TASS.
According to him, Ereven decided not to participate in CSTO events “for various reasons”.
Answering a question about possible preparations for leaving the organization, Pashinyan said, “I am not preparing the ground for anything, this ground either exists or does not exist.”
14 November Armenian Prime Minister’s press conference reportedHe said that Pashinyan warned Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that he would not come to the CSTO summit. At the same time, the Armenian prime minister expressed hope that CSTO partners would understand his decision. in the Kremlin statedThey stated that they regretted this decision.
Formerly in the State Duma statedIt was stated that Putin will not be able to enter Armenia due to the ratification of the ICC’s Rome Statute.