Armenia will withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) when it deems it necessary. This statement was made by the country's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during his speech in the parliament.
"We will withdraw. We will decide when. <...> Do you think we will go back? No, there is no other way. Don't worry, we will not go back,” the prime minister said.
Pashinin also sharply criticized members of the military bloc.
"Soap allied bubble, the members of which instead of fulfilling their contractual obligations planned together with Azerbaijan a war against us. If we have to, we will come out, are you trying to scare us with this? <...> I will tell you where we are moving to, we are moving to the real Armenia - the Republic of Armenia, to a sovereign, safe, peaceful country with demarcated borders. It's just that we don't talk about it often so as not to spoil your mood."
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly criticized the CSTO for not intervening in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. After the beginning of Russia's war with Ukraine, Pashinyan refused to recognize “DPR” and “LPR” as part of Russia and to send an Armenian military contingent to help in the war with Ukraine, and in October 2022 he did not sign the declaration on the results of the CSTO summit because of the lack of a “clear political assessment” of Azerbaijan's actions.
In January 2023, Pashinyan said that Armenia was not going to hold the planned CSTO exercises on its territory, after which the country held joint exercises with the United States.
In November of the same year, Armenia refused to participate in the summit of the organization in Minsk.
In February 2024 Armenia announced the “freezing” of its membership in the CSTO.
We shall remind you that a few days ago, the Armenian ambassador to Ukraine traveled to Bucha and expressed support for the Ukrainians, after which the Russian Foreign Ministry sent a note of protest to Yerevan.
The CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) is an international organization whose members have pledged to defend each other in case of an attack. It includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
