The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has no restrictions on who to sell weapons to or not to sell them to. Therefore, Russia's sale of weapons to Azerbaijan does not contradict the CSTO charter. This was stated by the second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, during his press conference Monday.

"Why was it selling? And why don't you ask [the same question to] Israel, Turkey, and a number of other countries? It is assumed that since the Russian Federation is our [i.e. Armenia] friend, it should not have sold [weapons to Azerbaijan].

Look through the eyes of the Russian Federation. It says there is a military budget, and the purchase amount is provided for there. They will not buy from me, they will buy from someone else. Is it very important for us that weapons are not produced in the Russian Federation, or that there will be no weapons there?

There is no need to make everything black and white. Armenia should have been told, ‘Such and such weapons were sold to Azerbaijan, this will upset the balance, and we want you to compensate for the threats arising from such a deal.’ Did you do it or not? As far as I understand, they did. I would do it myself. But to say why they sold... On the contrary, buying [weapons] from the Russian Federation increases the influence of your ally. Suppose we bought from Pakistan, what will this change for us?

Armenia should say that, ‘The imbalance leads to war, and we need this or that weapon, according to the list, to neutralize the threat.’ A small batch was sold to Azerbaijan. We also received weapons, free of charge, all working weapons. As for the production period, look at what they are fighting against in Ukraine. They [i.e. Russia] have given us [i.e. Armenia] good weapons," Kocharyan said.