The leadership of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has not heard any statements about Armenia's intention to withdraw from the organization. CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev stated this in an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the international conference on ensuring collective security.

“No. Both the prime minister [of Armenia] personally told me, and many others, that they are staying in the CIS. We have not heard any statements that they are going to withdraw,” Lebedev said, answering the question about Armenia's possible withdrawal from the CIS.

Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had publicly spoken out in favor of continuing cooperation within the CIS.