Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia M. Ghambaryan participated in the first session of the working group for logistics of the CSTO troops (Collective Forces) adjunct to the Council of Ministers of Defense of CSTO member states held from October 9 to 11 in the Russian Federation, as reported the Ministry of Defense of Armenia.
Armenia does not participate in CSTO Military Committee meeting
PM: CSTO didn’t want to come as ally but as peacekeeper, this would gradually have dissolved Armenia
Deputy FM: Armenia has not been formally requested to withdraw from CSTO
Deputy FM: We await CSTO to assess fact of occupation of Armenia’s sovereign territories
Russia MFA: Armenia continues to be full member of CSTO
CSTO considers its area of responsibility in Armenia to be its sovereign territory within regulated national borders
