(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 3. Claims that Russiaand the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) did not helpArmenia during the escalation in the region are false; Armenia madedecisions on Karabakh under the influence of NATO, Spokesperson forthe Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said on the air of theZvezda TV channel, Trend reports.
"I condemn all who propagate the false notion of holding Russiaand the CSTO accountable for Armenia's decisions on Karabakh; thesedecisions were made by Armenia after consultations with the West,"she emphasized.
According to her, the recent escalation between Armenia andAzerbaijan is determined by Armenia's willingness to allow the EU,the US, and the UK to exercise a negative impact on the situationin the area and the country.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan earlier claimed in aninterview with the Greek Kathimerini newspaper that his country haseffectively discontinued its membership in the CSTO.
"In our evaluation, the Collective Security Treaty Organizationhas failed to meet its security commitments to the Republic ofArmenia, particularly between 2021 and 2022. As a practicalconsequence of this CSTO policy, we have effectively suspended ourparticipation in the organization," he said.
Pashinyan mentioned that, as of September 2023, Armenia has nopermanent representative in the CSTO.
"We do not participate in CSTO negotiations at the highestlevel. We neither obstruct nor partake in CSTO decisions," headded.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is anintergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia made up of sixpost-Soviet states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Russia, and Tajikistan. It was created in 2002.
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