`Stop threatening us` - Alen Simonyan 

ArmInfo.The speaker of the Armenian parliament again doubted the frankness of those who talk about relations between Armenia and the CSTO. "Stop threatening us, stop talking about the CSTO. When they talk about the CSTO, let them better tell us where the CSTO border is and what obligations this organization has to its  partners, let them show themselves as a party to the allied treaty between Russia and Armenia. Stop making such statements regarding our sovereign territory," Alen Simonyan said in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, responding to a request to comment on the statements of  Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin about Armenia's position in the CSTO.

The speaker of the parliament also especially emphasized that Armenia  does not discuss or negotiate with any country in the world about the  deployment of any armed forces or military bases on its territory,  much less about joining any military-strategic alliance.

In this regard, Simonyan considers Galuzin's opinion that Armenia is  capable of sharing national databases related to collective security  with a third party to be absurd. <Stop talking to us in such a  rhetorical manner.  Stop threatening us directly or indirectly,  resorting, among other things, to the help of your propagandists and  mankurts bearing Armenian surnames, and all those people who are paid  for it. This has no effect on the public of our country and, on the  contrary, has the opposite effect. Moreover, we are not interested in  all this, much less are we guided by it," said Simonyan, emphasizing  that he does not believe that he should respond to the words of "this  gentleman" at all. It is up to him to decide whether the Armenian  Foreign Ministry will react.

Recently in an interview with the Russian state agency TASS, Deputy  Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin noted that  the Armenian leadership seems to want to take advantage of the moment  in conditions when the West is showing increased interest in  strengthening interaction, including in the field of security,  offering various forms and formats of cooperation. However, rash  decisions that will ensure full access for Westerners to national  databases and information sensitive to the country's security not  only ultimately threaten the sovereignty of the state, but may also  make it objectively impossible to return to joint work to build a  common defense space with Russia and other allies according to the  CSTO.