ArmInfo.Armenia did not seek help from the CSTO in connection with the escalation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border. This was stated by Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, head of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, on September 20 at a press conference.
"As of today, the parties to the conflict themselves deal with the situation, and there have been no appeals from the side of Armenia to the CSTO on this matter, so the CSTO's forces potential can not be applied by default." I think that the conflicting sides will resolve the situation on the site without using the CSTO forces, and it is desirable that this be done peacefully, "Sidorov stressed.
In turn, CSTO Spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov, referring to the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border, quoted the Spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan that Yerevan informed the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson- in-Office and other international structures, and that it did not apply to the CSTO. Zaynetdinov expressed his belief that this statement by the Armenian Foreign Ministry completely removes the issue from the agenda.
To note, recently Azerbaijan regularly shells the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border, including settlements. Last week, a 60-year-old civilian from the border area of Kochi was wounded by a bullet of the enemy, and yesterday a military contract serviceman of the Armenian Armed Forces received a deadly gunshot wound.