Wednesday, February 8 2023 19:00

ArmInfo.Armenia has not yet received a response from the  Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to a request about the  zone of responsibility of the organization in Armenia.  Prime  Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated on  February 8 during the government hour in the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia.

According to him, Armenia expresses gratitude to the CSTO for its  commitment to send an observer mission to the Armenian-Azerbaijani  border, but the existing problem, which is clearly formulated by  Yerevan, has not yet been resolved. , Pashinyan noted.

He pointed to the fact that the CSTO did not send its observers to  the region, while the European Union sent a civilian mission to  monitor the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. < The reason is that at the  quadripartite meeting in Prague, the EU clearly fixed the map of  Armenia, and its representatives arrived to monitor this territory>,  the Prime Minister said. He added that without CSTO fully fixing the  map of Armenia, it would be illogical to send their observation  missions.  The head of government stressed that the issue became more  than obvious after Azerbaijan occupied part of the territory of  Armenia.  Pashinyan raises questions.  

He noted that on many Western international platforms Baku trying to  justify its aggression against Armenia, states that the Prime  Minister of the Republic of Armenia, increasing the grouping of  Russian troops near the borders of Azerbaijan, in tandem with the  Armenian Armed Forces is preparing "to implement aggression" against  Azerbaijan, and for this reason, Baku "is forced" to seize the  heights in order to balance the situation. "Our Western partners tell  us how it is possible, you want to seize the lands of Azerbaijan, to  which we have taken the initiative to send observers," the prime  minister said.

He added that there is no geopolitical subtext in relations with the  CSTO and the EU, there is a political agenda, and a specific issue  that official Yerevan is trying to resolve.