ArmInfo. Yuri Khachaturov, the secretary general of the CSTO, continues consultations. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan told journalists on September 20.
Asked whether Armenia could lose the opportunity to nominate its representative to the post of secretary general of the organization, Zohrabyan responded in a similar way: "Consultations are continuing."
It should be reminded that CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachaturov is accused of overthrowing the constitutional order in the so-called "March 1, 2008 case". At that time he held the post of the head of the Yerevan garrison. By a court decision of July 28, he was arrested and then released on bail in the amount of 5 million drams. In the same case, the second Armenian President Robert Kocharian and the former head of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Mikael Harutyunyan are on the wanted list. On August 2, the Special Investigative Service stated that the preventive measure chosen against Yuri Khachaturov is not an obstacle for him to absent himself from Armenia for some time. At the same time, the CAS did not detail the permissible period of its absence. Earlier, official Yerevan suggested that CSTO colleagues consider the possibility of replacing the candidacy of the CSTO Secretary General from Armenia in connection with the criminal prosecution of Yuri Khachaturov.