`Unfreezing` of Armenia`s membership in CSTO unlikely in 2026 - FIS  report 

ArmInfo. The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Armenia has not changed its opinion regarding the development of official Yerevan's relations with the  CSTO in 2026.

In the 2026 Annual Report on the Republic's External Risks published  by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), it is noted that the  Service's assessment of Armenia's relations with the CSTO in 2026  remains unchanged from last year's assessment.

"In particular, the 'unfreezing' of Armenia's membership in the CSTO  is unlikely, which we continue to view as a challenge to the  authority of the regional security structure and a source of  consequences for other member states of this structure," the document  states.

As a reminder, Armenia has been boycotting CSTO events since the end  of 2022. In February 2024, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  declared 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 declared  that the CSTO posed threats to Armenia's security, its continued  existence, sovereignty, and statehood.