(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 8. Armenia ceasesparticipation in financing the activities of the CollectiveSecurity Treaty Organization (CSTO), according to the country'sForeign Ministry, Trend reports via the local media.
“Armenia will refrain from joining the decision of the CSTOCollective Security Council of November 23, 2023, 'On the CSTObudget for 2024' and from participating in the financing of theorganization's activities envisaged by it, while not objecting tothe adoption of this decision in a limited format,” the ministryexplained.
Earlier, the country's Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, saidthat the CSTO does not exist as a mechanism on which membercountries, Russia, Armenia, and others, can hope.
“This is justified by the reaction of the CSTO and thestatements of some member countries. Our society tells us: why doyou continue to remain a member of the CSTO? Frankly speaking, I donot have an answer to this question,” Pashinyan noted.
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