No unfreezing of Armenia`s CSTO membership expected

ArmInfo. No unfreezing of Armenia's CSTO membership is expected. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in a conversation with journalists after a  government meeting.

The Armenian prime minister recalled that the ruling Civil Contract  party's election platform clearly states that their political team  will not take specific steps to intensify work within the CSTO. "That  is, no thawing is expected. Whether we will withdraw from the CSTO de  jure or de facto is another matter, I cannot say.  We will act  according to the situation," Pashinyan said.

As a reminder, Armenia has been boycotting CSTO events since the end  of 2022. In February 2024, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  declared that Armenia had effectively frozen its participation in the  CSTO, as the organization had failed to fulfill its obligations to  Armenia, which would inevitably have consequences. And on September  18, 2024, at the Second World Armenian Summit, Pashinyan declared  that the CSTO posed threats to Armenia's security, its continued  existence, sovereignty, and statehood.