Armenia shows utmost respect for decisions taken at CSTO venues -  Russian official 

ArmInfo.  Armenia shows the utmost respect for decisions made within the CSTO. This was stated by Anatoly Vyborny, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defense and  Security of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and Deputy Chairman of  the Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption of the Russian State  Duma, during a Moscow-Astana-Bishkek-Yerevan- Minsk video conference  dedicated to the results of the CSTO Collective Security Council  meeting and the 18th plenary session of the CSTO Parliamentary  Assembly.

According to him, from the perspective of the CSTO's  interparliamentary dimension, the Armenian collegiums, while  seemingly not participating in the events, have stated that Yerevan  does not object to the decisions made within the CSTO PA. "How do we  feel about this? The whole world has seen today that the CSTO, the  CSTO PA, is the only platform in the world where decisions are made  entirely by free will, without any pressure on any country or  parliamentarian. We have the utmost respect for the decisions made by  our colleagues, and accordingly, we have no complaints about them. We  also see that Armenia is extremely respectful of the decisions we  make. It is not at all opposed to the decisions made," Vyborny said,  emphasizing the importance of such behavior.

The Russian legislator also noted that all CSTO countries advocate  for all issues between states to be resolved exclusively by peaceful  means. He added that both Armenia and Azerbaijan are aware of this.  In this vein, he recalled Russia's contribution to the resolution of  the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "We are also committed to this policy  and will continue to do everything possible to prevent loss of life  and to ensure that any issues and conflicts are resolved exclusively  by peaceful means," he said. As a reminder, Armenia has been  boycotting CSTO events since late 2022. In February 2024, Armenian  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenia had effectively  frozen its participation in the CSTO, as the organization had failed  to fulfill its obligations to Armenia, which would inevitably have  consequences. And on September 18, 2024, at the Second World Armenian  Summit, Pashinyan stated that the CSTO posed threats to Armenia's  security, its continued existence, sovereignty, and statehood.