Pashinyan: Armenia fulfills its obligations under CSTO in full, which, unfortunately, cannot be said about our partners

ArmInfo. "Russia's position on  the issue I consider the new CSTO Secretary General to be very  constructive, "said the Armenian Acting Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan on November 20 at a press conference.

According to Pashinyan, we should not forget that all issues within  the CSTO should be resolved on the basis of a consensus of the  parties. "In this context, if on December 6 it is not possible to  find a consensus solution, Armenia will insist on its own.  Henceforth, Armenia is not going to keep silent about issues relating  to the interests of the RA, and in the framework of the Organization  the RA government will solve all kinds of issues in an environment of  mutual understanding and partnership, declared Pashinyan.

Speaking about the harsh reaction of Minsk to his statement,  Pashinyan stressed that he considers Belarus President Alexander  Lukashenko to be his interlocutor in this conversation. The latter,  as the head of the Armenian government indicated has not yet  responded to his statement.

At the same time, as Pashinyan admitted, Yerevan is concerned about  the Minsk supplies of defense equipment of Baku. The last agreement  on new supplies of weapons was concluded on the eve of the visit of  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Minsk. As Pashinyan pointed  out, the position of Armenia on this issue is extremely clear - such  agreements harm partnerships within the CSTO, in general violating  the principles of the Organization's activities. Including because of  this, as the acting president recalled. Prime Minister, the Armenian  side has repeatedly stated the need to clarify the mutual obligations  of the CSTO members. "Armenia fulfills its obligations under the CSTO  in full, which, unfortunately, cannot be said about our partners",  Nikol Pashinyan said.

To note, after the withdrawal of the CSTO Secretary General Yuri  Khachaturov, the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke  in favor of early termination of the powers of Armenia as chairperson  in the organization of the country and the transfer of the post of  General Secretary for the rotation order of Belarus. President of  Belarus Alexander Lukashenko subsequently discussed the situation  with the ambassador of Azerbaijan, telling him the details of the  closed meeting and supporting the position of Nazarbayev. In response  to this, the Acting RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that he  would demand explanations from the Belarusian and Kazakh presidents.  Minsk, through the press secretary of the Foreign Ministry, Anatoly  Glaza, reproached Pashinyan for violating the norms of the  international protocol: "The acting Prime Minister of Armenia  imagines himself an international prosecutor. The norms of street  democracy are not acceptable in international politics." Yerevan  responded to this statement at the level of a deputy from the ruling  party, Alen Simonyan, who stressed that it was not Minsk to teach  Pashinyan the etiquette and rules of international politics, since  Minsk itself constantly violates them.