Kremlin: CSTO will respond appropriately to Armenia`s non-participation in its work

ArmInfo. The CSTO will respond appropriately to Armenia's non-participation in its work, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"Pashinyan has repeatedly reiterated that Armenia has lost interest in participating in the CSTO," Peskov recalled the Armenian Prime Minister's words. "We don't know what Pashinyan expects, but it's obvious that Armenia is not participating in the CSTO. And the CSTO, accordingly, will respond to this," he added, commenting on Yerevan's failure to begin the process of leaving the organization. -

"Everything that is written in the charter can be implemented by decision of the member countries. And the minister also explained yesterday what exactly is written in the charter," Peskov commented on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's words about "expelling" Armenia will not be removed from the CSTO by member countries, TASS reports.

It should be noted that the CSTO Collective Security Council session is beginning in Moscow. Armenia is not participating in the meeting at any level. Previously, the CSTO Secretary General did not rule out stripping Armenia of its vote in the organization due to non-payment of membership fees.

It should be noted that Armenia has been boycotting CSTO events since the end of 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 could not go without consequences. And on September 18, 2024, at the Second World Armenian Summit, Pashinyan stated that the CSTO poses threats to Armenia's security, its continued existence, sovereignty, and statehood.