Kopyrkin: There is no alternative mechanism to ensure Armenia`s  security in the region other than CSTO 

ArmInfo. There is no alternative mechanism to ensure Armenia's security in the region other than the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Moscow hopes that Yerevan understands this. This was stated in an interview  with RIA Novosti by the Russian Ambassador to Yerevan, Sergei  Kopyrkin, in response to a question about the possibility of Yerevan  finally withdrawing from the CSTO and the potential consequences of  such a decision.

"Diplomat do not rely on reading tea leaves. We believe that  currently there is no other reliable mechanism to guarantee Armenia's  security and defense capability in the region. We hope that Yerevan  understands this clearly," Kopyrkin said.

He also expressed his confidence that through negotiations among  allies, compromise solutions to Yerevan's accumulated issues with the  CSTO can be found.  "It is within our power to sit down at the  negotiating table with our CSTO allies and work together in a  partnership-like manner to find compromise solutions to all the  issues that have accumulated. However, our Armenian partners also  have the sovereign choice in these matters," Kopyrkin noted.