Pashinyan’s non-participation in the meeting of the collective security agreement and Moscow’s regret for this

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will not be able to participate in the meeting of the heads of states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Minsk on November 23. This issue was reported in the statement published on the official website of the Armenian government.

According to this information, during a telephone conversation with Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, Pashinyan called him in The current has made this decision. It has also been mentioned that the Prime Minister of Armenia expressed hope that Yerevan’s partners in the Collective Security Treaty Organization will understand this decision. The meeting of the heads of the Collective Security Treaty Organization is regrettable

Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, expressed regret to the journalists today that the Prime Minister of Armenia cannot To participate in the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Minsk.

Pskov, in response to the question of what is Moscow’s view on Nikol Pashinyan’s refusal to participate in the summit, said: “We understand that any president or head of state It may have specific events in its work schedule and its own conditions.” At the same time, he reminded that such meetings are a reason and a good opportunity to coordinate countries’ positions and are important in this sense.

p style=”text-align:justify”>At the end of October, Pashinyan said that Armenia is still part of the Collective Security Treaty and does not intend to cancel its membership in this organization, because the parties are in the phase of exchanging positions, and Yerevan He does not want to make a mistake in this regard.

Before that, some informed diplomatic sources said that Armenia is still the candidate for the position of the country’s permanent representative in the Treaty Organization. has not introduced collective security, of course, Yerevan has not taken steps to leave this organization.

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