A special session of the CSTO Permanent Council was held Tuesday at the initiative of the Armenian side, the foreign ministry of Armenia informs Armenian news-NEWS.am.

During the session, the representative of the permanent mission of Armenia to the CSTO, Viktor Biyagov, informed the members of the CSTO Central Committee that after midnight on Tuesday, the armed forces of Azerbaijan carried out provocative and aggressive actions against the sovereign territory of Armenia, carrying out attempts to advance positions in some directions.

These actions of the Azerbaijani armed forces are considered a gross violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Armenia, a CSTO member state, and the situation may lead to a large-scale armed conflict.

Biyagov noted that Armenia, addressing its allies in the CSTO, expects effective collective steps from them to ensure Armenia's security, territorial integrity, and sovereignty within the framework of the CSTO charter. He expressed confidence that CSTO mechanisms are able to restrain the aggressor.