Tonoyan: There are no prerequisites for Armenia`s withdrawal from the  CSTO

ArmInfo. There are no prerequisites for Armenia's withdrawal from the CSTO. On this, as RIA Novosti reports, Armenian Acting Defense Minister David Tonoyan told  Russian journalists.

According to him, the representative of Armenia is ready to continue  to fulfill the duties of the CSTO Secretary General. "Armenia is  ready to continue to fulfill the duties of the CSTO secretary. That  is, to appoint a new representative (for this post - ed.)", Tonoyan  said.

As indicated by the Acting Minister of Defense of Armenia, today  there is no procedure within the Organization in case the Secretary  General's activities are terminated before the end of the term. "We  need such a procedure, it is not spelled out," Tonoyan said.

Answering the question of whether problems in the CSTO (existing in  the Organization, in the opinion of the Armenian Prime Minister)  serve as a pretext for Armenia's withdrawal from the Organization,  the acting Minister said: "I haven't heard about such a problem that  may be a prerequisite for Armenia's withdrawal from the CSTO, there  are no such prerequisites neither geopolitical, nor  military-political, nor strategic".  "Armenia is the co-founder of   this organization and the discussion of the problematic issues of  the CSTO, is usual practice ", Tonoyan said.

Earlier, Armenia early recalled its representative as the CSTO  Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, his deputy Valery Semerikov  became acting member. At the same time, Yerevan insists that the  leadership post should remain with Armenia until 2020.