ArmInfo.Today, the Armenian Armed Forces are fully fulfilling the tasks assigned to them, and there is no need to turn to the CSTO for help. This was announced at a meeting with journalists on July 14 by the head of the Crisis Information Center in Ijevan Artsrun Hovhannisyan, answering a question about the involvement of CSTO.
"The Armenian Armed Forces are fully ready to fulfill the tasks assigned to them. To date, the scale of the local situation is such that so far there is no need to turn to CSTO for help. We fully control the situation," Hovhannisyan emphasized.
It should be noted that the CSTO Secretariat issued a statement on July 14 in connection with the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border that arose on July 12, 2020. "The CSTO Secretariat expresses serious concern over the aggravation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border that arose on July 12 after an armed clash between the units of the armed forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the use of heavy weapons, as a result of which there are killed and wounded The current situation does not contribute to normalizing the situation on the border of two neighboring states, one of which is the Republic of Armenia, which is a CSTO member state and indicates a violation of ceasefire agreements reached at the level of the leadership of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
We emphasize the need to immediately restore the ceasefire in the CSTO's area of responsibility. We express our condolences to the families of the victims and wish the wounded a speedy recovery. We draw your attention to the fact that the Collective Security Council, the Council of Foreign Ministers of CSTO in their statements have repeatedly called on the Parties to seek settlement of conflict situations exclusively by peaceful means and to refrain from provocative actions in order to prevent the escalation of tension, "the statement of the Secretariat emphasizes.