Russia seeks to restructure the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)—which includes Armenia—and turn it into a universal international organization, according to RIA Novosti news agency of Russia.

“Russia intends to develop mutual cooperation with the partners (…), and within the framework of other international institutions,” a Security Council of the Russian Federation statement reads, in particular. “Our country will actively use the potential of regional and subregional integration within the framework of CIS and EEU [i.e. the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Eurasian Economic Union, in both of which Armenia is a member], and it will implement the process of restructuring the CSTO into a universal international organization, which will be capable of addressing the challenges and modern-day threats.”