ArmInfo.It is unacceptable when representatives of the CSTO member state come forward with statements contradicting the ally. This was stated during the meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Boleslaw Pirshtuk, Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Co- Chairman of the Armenia-Belarus Interparliamentary Cooperation Commission Eduard Sharmazanov.
"Representatives of the CSTO member states should support each other on international platforms and not make statements that do not emanate from the CSTO's official position." It is unacceptable when representatives of the CSTO member state make a statement contradicting the ally, "the Armenian vice- speaker stressed.
During the meeting, the sides stressed the importance of coordinated work of the parliamentarians of the CSTO member states at international venues. The interlocutors highlighted the importance of peaceful settlement of conflicts in the CSTO and the CIS region. In this vein, the RA NA Vice Speaker stressed: "The Artsakh problem can not have a military solution, Azerbaijan is a real threat to regional security by its destructive policy." The CSTO deputies should condemn Azerbaijan, because of whose actions people are dying. " He also added that in Azerbaijan at the state level, Armenian phobia is encouraged.
The meeting also referred to the issues of organizing the forthcoming meeting of the Interparliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus.