The meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will be held in Moscow on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

One of the main topics of the summit will be Armenia's status in the organization. Yerevan has not paid its membership fees for more than two years, and the matter of depriving the country of its voting rights in the CSTO may be discussed at the meeting, TASS reports.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s press service did not say whether he will attend the summit. According to the Armenian government, the latter’s head left for France on a working visit, where he will participate in the 9th annual edition of the Paris Peace Forum.

Earlier, Pashinyan announced in parliament that he was in favor of Armenia's withdrawal from the CSTO and would be pleased if this happened. According to him, Yerevan does not intend to intensify its work in the organization in the next five years, and the country's interest in it has run out.

At the same time, the Armenian premier did not give a clear answer to the question of what Armenia intends to replace its membership in the CSTO with, and just said strengthening of relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan.

The possibility of Armenia joining NATO also remains an open question, TASS adds.

The CSTO includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.