Instead of fulfilling its security obligations towards Armenia, the CSTO is creating problems. This was stated by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

“Now we have de facto frozen membership in the CSTO, and if this continues, we will freeze it de jure,” the Armenian prime minister threatened. He noted that Armenia currently does not have a permanent representative in the organization and has not been participating in CSTO events at high and senior levels for a long time.

On February 23, in an interview with France24, Pashinyan announced the freeze of his country’s participation in the CSTO, dominated by the Russian Federation, “due to non-compliance with the collective security treaty regarding Armenia.”

In addition, the day before the Armenian Foreign Ministry sent a note of protest to the Russian Federation due to violations of Russian TV broadcasting standards. Yerevan noted that offensive expressions addressed to the Armenian leadership are heard on Russian airwaves. Therefore, the interstate agreement with Russia on cooperation in the field of mass communications needs to be improved or edited.