The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) countries on Wednesday will discuss the matter of whether to deprive Armenia of its right to vote in the organization, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced.

According to him, during the meeting, the parties were forced to discuss Armenia’s failure to fulfill its obligations under the CSTO Charter. This concerns annual payments to the CSTO budget.

“The corresponding draft decision [on the application of Article 25 of the CSTO Charter to Armenia] provides for the suspension of the right to nominate Armenian citizens for quota positions in the organization’s bodies and the deprivation of voting rights. This draft decision will also be discussed tomorrow at the Collective Security Council session," Lavrov noted during a joint press conference Tuesday with CSTO Secretary General Taalatbek Masadykov, summing up the results of the joint meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers, Council of Defense Ministers, and Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils.