Moscow comments on Armenia`s nonparticipation in CSTO FM Council`s  meeting 

ArmInfo. Moscow expects that Yerevan will come to an understanding that the CSTO platform provides  every opportunity for cooperation on issues of ensuring regional security, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told RIA Novosti, commenting on Armenia's non-participation in the meeting of the organization's Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (CMFA) in Almaty 21 June.

"We hope that our Armenian partners, and we remain allies, will  nevertheless come to the understanding that the most effective method  of ensuring regional security is cooperation between regional states,  and the CSTO platform provides every opportunity for this," Galuzin  said.

As ArmInfo reported on June 19, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat  Mirzoyan will not take part in the work of the CSTO Council of  Foreign Ministers in Almaty.