ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, in response to a question about a possible request of the Armenian side to the Russian Federation or the CSTO for military assistance against the background of the aggravation in Nagorno-Karabakh, stated that everything can be used as needed and based on the contractual obligations of the parties. "We talked about many things.
We have allied relations, treaty obligations on the bilateral line, on the CSTO. Everything will be activated as it should be activated as needed," he said, RIA Novosti reports.
To the clarifying question of whether Armenia may request military assistance, the minister replied that "everything will be done as it proceeds from the treaty obligations."
It is also worth noting that the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas expressed his conviction that Azerbaijan would not strike at Armenia a few days ago. In his words, neither Armenia, nor Azerbaijan are interested in the conflict turning into a major regional war. However, he stressed that if this does happen, then mechanisms for immediate assistance to Armenia, including military assistance, as provided for by the CSTO legal framework, will be activated.