YEREVAN.- Secretary of Armenia’s National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan commented on Baku’s nervous response to the remarks made by CSTO head in Yerevan.

CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha called Azerbaijan’s decision to down civilian airplanes “a ridiculous joke”. Meanwhile, Azerbaijani authorities declared about seriousness of their threats to down the planes.

“The Republic of Armenia is a sovereign state and also it is one of the active members of the CSTO, and it’s the internal affair of our country to decide the format of cooperation with this or that organization,” Baghdasaryan told Armenpress agency.

“It would be better if the Azerbaijani higher officials stood out of the issues out of their competence. I am confident that such medieval thinking cannot be respected in the XXI century. As to the attacks on the civil aircrafts, it's not only CSTO to condemn them, but any international structure. Armenia is able to provide total security of our civil airplanes. The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan has clearly expressed our position on this issue.”