CSTO not leaving Armenia out of its allied cooperation - Moscow 

ArmInfo. The CSTO is not leaving Armenia out of its allied cooperation and retains the  opportunity for it to join all decisions developed within the organization. This was stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.

"In the context of cooperation within the CSTO, the most important  thing for us-and this has been repeatedly emphasized by Russian  President Vladimir Putin-is that Yerevan remains a full member of the  organization. We are not leaving Armenia out of its allied  cooperation and retain the opportunity for it to join all decisions  developed within the organization. At the same time, of course, we  continue to closely monitor our partners' actions in relations with  Westerners, including for compliance with their CSTO obligations,"  Galuzin emphasized in an interview with TASS.

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.