Armenian acting PM Nikol Pashinyan held a phone talk withKassym-Jomart Tokayev, the president of Kazakhstan, a member of the CSTO.
The sides discussed the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Nikol Pashinyan considered the encroachment of Azerbaijan on the sovereign territory of Armenia inadmissible and noted the importance of comparing the positions of the CSTO partners to resolve the issue.
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CSTO considers its area of responsibility in Armenia to be its sovereign territory within regulated national borders
