Tuesday, November 14 2023 16:43

ArmInfo.There is no other way to describe RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's refusal to  participate in the CSTO summit as anything other than a diplomatic demarche. Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the opposition "Armenia" faction Armen Rustamyan told reporters  on November 14.

According to him, if we were talking about an isolated case, one  could refer to various explanations, but it is already becoming  obvious that the country's top political leadership refuses to  participate in events within the CSTO or the CIS. It would be  understandable if the country's authorities took a course towards  diversifying the state's security system, complementing one with the  other, but in this case we can talk not about mutual complementarity,  but about a change of priorities and a transition to another camp.  "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs," the MP repeated  the well-known saying, adding that Armenia should not become this  "chip" and come under attack from the power centers.

Rustamyan called for paying attention to the policies of enemies who  are good at using confrontation to their advantage. "While we are  taking this conflict upon ourselves," the politician added.

Earlier today, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol  Pashinyan, in a telephone conversation with President of Belarus  Alexander Lukashenko, informed the President of Belarus that he will  not be able to participate in in the CSTO summit, which will be held  in Minsk. Prior to this, Pashinyan did not take part in the CIS  summit.  The example of the head of government was followed by   Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat  Mirzoyan and Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan. The  FM did not take part in the CIS Foreign Council summit in Bishkek,  and the Security Council Secretary refused to meet with colleagues in  Moscow.