Moscow regrets Yerevan`s position on security issues within CSTO

ArmInfo.Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu stated that Moscow regrets Yerevan's  position on security issues within the CSTO. He made this statement at a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

According to Shoigu, many problems in the region can be more  effectively resolved jointly, using the organization's mechanisms.  However, he noted that the Armenian side, in his opinion, is choosing  a different path.

"There are many problems, and it is much more effective to resolve  them jointly. It's a shame that our Armenian partners in the  organization don't understand this and are seeking protection from  the immediate source of the threat," said Russian Security Council  Secretary Sergei Shoigu, according to Life.ru.

He added that this course is the choice of the Armenian leadership,  and it bears responsibility for the consequences for the future of  the country and its people. Shoigu previously stated that Russia  accounts for up to 98% of Armenia's agricultural exports. He also  reminded his neighbors of Russia's role in defending its statehood in  the 1990s. The Security Council Secretary noted that without Moscow,  the republic would have lost its independence.

As a reminder, Armenia has been boycotting CSTO events since late  2022. In February 2024, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  stated 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 Armenian World Summit, Pashinyan declared  that the CSTO poses threats to Armenia's security, its continued  existence, sovereignty, and statehood.