Nikol Pashinyan: within CSTO framework it would be useful to clarify  Armenia`s mutual obligations to partners and vice versa

ArmInfo. In the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), it is necessary to clarify mutual obligations, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan  said in an interview with Rossiya 24.

According to the Prime Minister of Armenia, today he has issues  related to the role and obligations of the contracting countries in  specific situations. "When I was in the opposition, as a deputy,  neither the government nor the authorities heard any specific answers  to these questions, I think it would be useful to clarify the answers  and mutual commitments - to Armenia in front of partners and vice  versa, in specific cases all the peoples of the CSTO member states it  is important to clarify what this means in practice, "he said.

According to Nikol Pashinyan, these aspects of Armenia's military  cooperation should be discussed with partners. "I am confident that  this will be a very useful discussion, in the vein of a constructive  dialogue, not with the aim of breaking relations." As already said,  Armenia is and will be a member of the Collective Security Treaty,  "he said.

Commenting on the possibility of participation of CSTO forces,  including Armenia, in missions in the Middle East, if "as the  situation develops, there will be a need for CSTO participation,  international forces, terrorists who do atrocities in Syria will take  the road towards Central Asia and the borders of countries  organization, "Pashinyan said:" In confirmed that we have something  to discuss - we must have a concrete plan for cooperation on what the  role of countries will be. " Referring to US sanctions against the  products of the Russian military-industrial complex and their impact  on military-technical cooperation between Yerevan and Moscow, the  Armenian prime minister said he does not think that someone will try  to exert pressure on the RA. "We are closely connected and it is  simply impossible not to cooperate with Russia, it is a matter of  Armenia's national interests and security. Who will try to press on  us that we act at the expense of our security? We must think about  expanding the scope and size of these treaties," - concluded Nikol  Pashinyan.

To recall, on May 1, at a special session of the parliament, the  candidate for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that the new  government of Armenia will not resort to harsh actions in foreign  policy. He again noted that he considers Russia a strategic partner  of Armenia and this approach is not threatened.  According to him, in  modern history there are dozens of examples that testify to drastic  changes in foreign policy, which led to disastrous consequences for  individual states. In this context, Pashinyan once again confirmed  his position on Armenia's adherence to the membership in the EAEU and  the CSTO. "It is necessary to take into account the national and  state interests of the country," the candidate for prime ministers  said.