Secretariat: Armenia - still member of Collective Security Treaty Organisation

The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) has announced that Armenia remains a full member of the CSTO.

“Despite the Republic of Armenia rarely attends the CSTO events, it remains a full member of the organisation,” the CSTO secretariat told rbc by commenting on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statements about leaving the CSTO.

Earlier on June 13, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that no Armenian officials would visit Belarus while its leader Alexander Lukashenko is still in power, according to Russian media.  

On June 12, Pashinyan said that Yerevan would leave a Russia-led security bloc CSTO after accusing its members, which include Belarus, of having “planned a war against his country with Azerbaijan”.

Pashinyan said he would consider changing his stance on leaving the bloc, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, if Belarus apologised to Armenia or withdrew from the grouping.

Later on June 13, Armenia ordered its ambassador in Belarus to return to Yerevan for consultations, TASS cited the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying.