At Thursday's regular Cabinet session of the Armenian government, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reflected on the CSTO summit held in Yerevan Wednesday.

"You know that the CSTO summit was held yesterday, as a result of which, unfortunately, we did not manage to come to a common denominator on two very important documents. But I also want to say that a very open, honest discussion took place, and those two documents have been sent for revision," said Pashinyan, expressing hope that they would reach a common denominator.

"Despite the fact that the declaration of the CSTO [Collective Security] Council was not adopted—that is, we [i.e., Armenia] did not sign the declaration—, the decision on the CSTO response to the escalation of September 13 was not adopted again due to our non-signing. But I again want to say that I consider the discussion positive, and I consider the bilateral discussions with the Russian Federation positive, and I hope that we will implement—as soon as possible—the agreements that were recorded," said Pashinyan.

Yesterday, Nikol Pashinyan did not sign the declaration of the CSTO Collective Security Council.

"The draft on the declaration of the CSTO Collective Security Council and joint measures to provide assistance to the Republic of Armenia has not been sufficiently finalized, and in this form—with all due respect—I am not ready to sign these documents," Pashinyan had said.