Kremlin: Membership in CSTO guarantees certain benefits, but the  decision is only up to Yerevan

ArmInfo.Participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is a sovereign  decision of Armenia, Moscow proceeds from the fact that Yerevan has not yet left the organization, said the Kremlin  press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, RBC reports.

"Membership in the CSTO brings certain benefits to Armenia, has  certain advantages and unambiguous benefits. The CSTO is an  organization that has repeatedly demonstrated its effectiveness and  its efficiency in recent times. And, probably, these cases of  effectiveness indicate that it is in the  interests of countries to  continue this type of interaction and cooperation," Peskov said.

Peskov's comments were in response to  Deputy Foreign Minister of  Armenia Vahan Kostanyan's remarks that Armenia will make a "final  decision" on its membership in the CSTO based on the organization's  partners  political statements regarding Azerbaijan's actions in  2023. "Armenia's decision is sovereign. We proceed from the fact that  Armenia has not left the organization, but as for the suspension or  resumption of participation, we will have to see how decisions are  made in Yerevan," Peskov concluded.