Should Armenia be in CSTO or not? Alen Simonyan`s statements differ  from Armenian MFA`s official stance

ArmInfo.  Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan believes that Armenia has effectively withdrawn from the Collective Security Treaty  Organization (CSTO), as he stated in a conversation with reporters on  November 26.

However, Simonyan doesn't believe that leaving the CSTO indicates  anti-Russian sentiment. "Let's put aside the names. Let's say you're  a member of an organization, for example, a union of journalists, and  that organization doesn't fulfill its obligations and you want to  leave. Does that mean you're anti-journalist?  No," he pointed out.

When asked why Armenia hasn't de jure withdrawn from the CSTO, he  replied, "We have effectively withdrawn from it." 

"As for the rest, let's leave it to our political expediency and our  negotiations. They said we can't negotiate after a war; leave that to  those who don't negotiate. And in 2026, you'll go and say we're not  leaving the CSTO, and people will respond to your narrative of not  leaving the CSTO," Alen Simonyan said.