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The EU mission in Armenia is exclusively of civilian in nature. Visiting Armenian foreign minister Ararat Mirzoyan said this at Monday’s news conference following his meeting in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The FM emphasized the constructive development of relations between Armenia and Europe and Yerevan's priorities in matters of rule of law and democracy.

Also, Mirzoyan emphasized the exclusively civilian nature of the current EU mission in Armenia.

The Armenian FM called the wording of the issue of Armenia abandoning the CSTO mission incorrect, explaining that Armenia has not abandoned this mission, the project exists, and the work towards it continues.

Explaining why this has not happened until now, Mirzoyan reminded that the key thing for Armenia was that "in our opinion, the CSTO partners indirectly, but did not recognize the clear zone of responsibility. It was somewhat problematic."

Sergey Lavrov immediately expressed his satisfaction with this answer. He reminded that the CSTO FMs had devoted many hours to the creation of the project.

"The problem is for the heads of states and governments to sign. CSTO is ready for that. I am glad that Armenia did not give up the opportunity, which comes from the security interests of the region," the Russian FM said.

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