MOSCOW. - The annihilation of the Russian Su-24 by the Turkish Armed Forces became a serious challenge thrown out to the efforts aimed at terrorism counteraction, normalization of conflict in Syria and restoration of peace in the region.

Any support to terrorism is subject to the most severe condemnation. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said the aforementioned, speaking at the CSTO Security Council session held in Moscow today.

“In the development of situation related to the downed Russian jet, we all witnessed the formation and enhancement of operative military and political blocs. The unconditional support provided to Turkey by NATO countries, including, for instance, Greece, obviously manifests that the principle “All for one and one for all” is an obligatory condition for the effectiveness of such organizations. Even in case Turkey’s actions contravened all the norms and principles of good neighborly relations, even in case it downed the jet, implementing the most important taks for the international community, namely fighting terrorism. And this means that the hostile action was carried out not only with regard to Russia; none of the NATO states called into question Turkey’s actions. We must learn lessons from this,” Sargsyan said.