Russian ambassador: Armenia not going to leave CSTO

Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin has said that Armenia is not going to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), although the republic's representatives do not participate in the association's meetings.

"On this issue, we are primarily guided by the official statements of the Armenian leadership, according to which the issue of the Republic of Armenia's withdrawal from the CSTO is not currently on the agenda. As is known, next year the Republic of Armenia will exercise the chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union," he said in an interview with TASS.