Russian MP: Moscow will assertive pursue a policy of Azerbaijan`s  accession to the CSTO, if Baku expresses a desire to join the  organization

ArmInfo. Russia as the core state of the CSTO will fully support joining the organization of such a strong partner and friend like Azerbaijan, which has proved its  reliability.

MP of the Russian State Duma Dmitry Savelyev said on the sidelines of  the working session "Disinformation policy is a threat to stability  in the modern world" at the 6th Baku International Humanitarian  Forum.

According to him, Azerbaijan is a state that is increasingly  affecting the stability and peaceful course of events in the region.

On the other hand, Savelyev noted that connecting the CSTO to the  process settlement of the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict and making a  discussion its settlement to another venue would certainly have a  positive effect on the negotiation process.

Touching upon the negative position of Armenia on the issue of  Azerbaijan's accession to the CSTO, the deputy assured that they  negatively affect the stability of the organization itself.

Russia, according to Savelyev, will assertive pursue the policy of  Azerbaijan's accession to the CSTO, in case official Baku wishes to  join the organization.  Earlier, official Yerevan, referring to the  possible entry of Azerbaijan into the CSTO and the EAEU, stressed  that Baku does not meet the criteria of the constituent documents of  the CSTO and the Eurasian Economic Union, therefore, there is no  question about the representation of observer status in these  structures. "Regarding the possibility of Azerbaijan obtaining  observer status in the CSTO or the EEU, I would like to emphasize  that at the moment it is simply impossible, since Baku does not meet  the criteria established by the statutory documents of these  organizations, therefore, there was no discussion on this issue" -  stressed the spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry.  At the  same time, he recalled that all decisions in these organizations are  made on the basis of consensus.