Russian Ambassador: Yerevan expects the CSTO mission to play an  important role in stabilizing the situation on the  Armenian-Azerbaijani border

ArmInfo.Yerevan expects that the CSTO mission will play an important role in stabilizing the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Russian Ambassador to  Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin stated this on Friday at a meeting with  Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov.

 "They attach special importance to your mission here, they expect  that the Collective Security Treaty Organization will play an  important role in stabilizing the situation by taking steps to  prevent further escalation of the situation," the ambassador said.

According to him, society and various political forces in Armenia are  closely monitoring the work of the mission. "Here they remember that  the organization played a key role in stabilizing the situation in  Kazakhstan at the beginning of this year. An important nuance is that  Armenia is now chairing the CSTO," the diplomat said.

Kopyrkin wished the mission success in achieving concrete results.  "This will undoubtedly work to strengthen the authority of the  organization both in the Republic of Armenia and in the region," he  stressed, RIA Novosti reports.

It should be noted that in accordance with the decision of the  extraordinary meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council, on  September 15, 2022, an advance group of the Monitoring Mission  arrived in the Republic of Armenia under the leadership of Chief of  the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov. The group has  already met with RA Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan. They also  visited the Russian border department of the FSS in the Republic of  Armenia and held talks with the head of the border department of the  FSS of the Russian Federation in Armenia, Major General Roman  Golubitski.

On September 13, at 00:05 am, units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces  began intensive shelling of Armenian positions from artillery and  large-caliber guns in the direction of Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor and  Syunik regions using UAVs. Attacks were also made on civilian  infrastructure facilities. Armenia applied to the CSTO in connection  with the aggression of Azerbaijan against the sovereign territory of  Armenia.  According to the RA Prime Minister, on the 4th point of the  Charter. On September 13, following an extraordinary session of the  CSTO Collective Security Council, an agreement was reached on sending  a CSTO Mission to the Republic of Armenia "to assess the current  situation, prepare a detailed report to the heads of state." In  addition, at the meeting it was decided to create a working group  "from among the employees of the secretariat and the military  personnel of the joint headquarters for constant monitoring of the  situation in the area of responsibility of the CSTO."