YEREVAN. – The opposition Armenian MP demanded that the documents provided during the CSTO session should be translated into Armenian.

Talking to the reporters on the margins of the meeting of CSTO PA standing committee on defense and security, Khachatur Kokobelyan said he demanded a translator.

“I do respect Russian language and other languages of the CSTO member states, but Armenian is a state language of Armenia,” he emphasized.

Kokobelyan said he was surprised to see that the issue of Abkhazia and Ossetia were not included in the agenda.

During the meeting, the MP offered to include the issue on Russia’s sales of weapons to Azerbaijan.

“Under the third paragraph of the Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation between Russia and Armenia, signed in 1997, the parties are obliged to assist the establishment of peace and reduction of tensions in every way possible,” he said, recalling that Russia had recently sold weapons to Azerbaijan, a deal amounting to more than $4 billion.

He noted that in this regard it is unclear how Russia is contributing to the arms cut. Moreover, in the context of regional tension and on the basis of the essence of the CSTO, the member countries should be concerned about whether the organization can be taken seriously when the sale of weapons was described as a business plan

Kokobelyan believes the Armenian delegates to CSTO PA must be consistent on the issue and must demand political assessment.