In Armenia, officials were banned from visiting Belarus after criticizing Pashinyan
The Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of Armenia instructed officials to exclude official visits to Belarus.
The day before, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced the cancellation of all official visits to Belarus “while Lukashenko is president.” After this, Belarus and Armenia mutually recalled their ambassadors for consultations.
Pashinyan also said that Yerevan is going to secede from the pro-Russian Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the timing has not yet been determined.
Today, Politico noted that the cause of the diplomatic crisis between Armenia and Belarus was the latter’s alleged supply of weapons to Azerbaijan from 2018 to 2022. According to the publication, Belarus' assistance included the modernization of old artillery equipment and the supply of new equipment used for electronic warfare and unmanned systems. The parties also corresponded on agreeing on the purchase of Groza-S anti-missile systems for the Azerbaijani army.
One of the diplomatic communications, seen by Politico, states that Belarusian enterprises are playing an active role “in the restoration of the de-occupied territories of Azerbaijan, as well as in the export of Belarusian goods and services” to the country.
