Wednesday, May 19 2021 17:46

ArmInfo. At the meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers, Acting Foreign Minister Ara Aivazian presented in detail the security environment in the  Caucasian region of the CSTO, focusing on the tension created by the  penetration of the Azerbaijani armed forces into the border regions  of Armenia. The press service of the RA MFA reports.

"The penetration of the Azerbaijani armed forces into the sovereign  territory of Armenia poses a direct threat to the security,  territorial integrity and sovereignty of the CSTO member state, which  is a challenge for the Collective Security Treaty Organization,"  Aivazian said.

The head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry informed his colleagues  that under the current conditions the CSTO emergency response  procedure is being updated, under which the issues of launching an  appropriate multilateral mission are being resolved in order to  monitor and assess the situation on the ground and develop proposals  for further measures.

Referring to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Aivazian stressed that  the use of force by Azerbaijan in no case can lead to a settlement of  the conflict. According to him, the conflict should be resolved  exclusively on a political and diplomatic platform, under the  auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, on the basis of joint and  comprehensive implementation of the principles developed by this  mediation mission.

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member states of the  Collective Security Treaty Organization adopted a statement "On  strengthening the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and  Toxin Weapons." The document also notes that the CSTO member states  consider it unacceptable to create international mechanisms that  duplicate the functions of the BTWC and operate bypassing the UN  Security Council.

The CSTO Foreign Ministers also adopted a statement "On Cooperation  of the CSTO with States and International Organizations." In this  statement, the CSTO member states speak about their interest in  developing friendly and mutually beneficial relations with third  countries and international organizations in maintaining peace and  stability in the Eurasian region and confirm their readiness to build  such cooperation on the basis of generally recognized norms and  principles of international law, refusal of confrontation, resolving  world problems exclusively by political and diplomatic means in  accordance with the provisions and purposes of the UN Charter.

The meeting also adopted a statement in connection with the extension  of the term of the treaty between the Russian Federation and the  United States on the further reduction and limitation of strategic  offensive arms.  In addition, the foreign ministers of the CSTO  countries adopted a statement "On the 75th anniversary of the verdict  of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg."