Saturday, November 17 2018 12:49

ArmInfo.Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will demand explanations from the presidents of Belarus and Kazakhstan Alexander Lukashenko and Nursultan  Nazarbayev in connection with the situation around the discussion of  the issue regarding the CSTO General Secretary.

So, on November 16, when asked to comment on the situation related to  the fact that the President of Belarus discussed internal issues of  the CSTO with the ambassador of Azerbaijan, he reminded that the  Armenian Foreign Ministry had already responded to this situation.  "This is about the same as if, for example, I invited any foreign  ambassador of a country that is not a member of the CSTO, and told  him about the meeting held in the format of closed doors. Discussions  of the heads of states of the military- political union, closed  format. I am surprised that a person holding the status of the head  of state for 30 years could afford such a step. And I, of course,  should demand an explanation from the President of Belarus and not  only from the President of Belarus. "

In this regard, the. The head of the Armenian government stated that  the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, made statements  contradicting the reached agreements after a closed meeting of the  heads of the CSTO states, stating that a representative of Belarus  would be appointed as the general secretary of the organization.  "Nobody had the right to make such a statement, because decisions in  the CSTO are made by consensus, and we clearly expressed our  position. Because, within the framework of a partnership, we did not  take any other decision, no one has the right to make such  statements. Moreover, that the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry  clearly expressed his position today, I think it's very important  that within the CSTO we have a very clear conversation with the  allies, so that everyone can see what his obligations to the others  are and what are the obligations Twa member countries in relation to  the organization and other participating countries ", - noted and.  about. Prime Minister of the Republic.

To clarify whether this issue was discussed during a telephone  conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pashinyan replied  in the affirmative. "Yes, we discussed, including this issue. And we  continue our dialogue with the CSTO partners in order to finally  reach an understanding," he said.

Note that President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the meeting  with Azerbaijani Ambassador to Belarus Latif Gandilov spoke about the  details of the CSTO summit in Astana.

This caused a negative reaction from Yerevan. Thus, on November 13,  at the press conference in Yerevan, the press secretary of the  Armenian Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan touched upon the discussion  of the Belarusian president's issues with the ambassador of  Azerbaijan on the internal agenda of the CSTO and the correctness of  this step from the point of view of Yerevan, especially considering  that the issues were discussed unfriendly to Armenia the country, in  particular, said: "Armenia considers the CSTO as a platform for  discussing the interests of six countries. These kinds of phenomena  indicate that there are problems within the organization that need to  be addressed. In Yerevan, It is argued that this kind of discussion  is incorrect. "