Armenia: We are not looking to leave the Collective Security Treaty Organization
| A senior Armenian diplomat said that the country is not seeking to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization and close the Russian military base on its territory. |
According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, a senior diplomat of Armenia announced on Thursday the continued membership of the country in the Collective Security Treaty Organization and normal relations with Russia.
According to the news agency “Arka, “Manatsakan Safarian” deputy The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia told reporters on Thursday that Armenia is not looking to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The headquarters of the Collective Security Treaty Organization is in Moscow and its members Russia and Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. In 2002, the Collective Security Treaty Organization decided at a meeting in Moscow to transform the cooperation mechanisms and structures between the member states of the Collective Security Treaty into an international regional organization and to that status.
This senior diplomat of Armenia added that Armenia is not looking to close the Russian military base in its territory.
Safaryan said in response to the words of a member of the Russian Duma that the Armenian authorities may put pressure on the government of this country to close the Russian military base in Armenia: “Currently, the withdrawal of Armenia from the Eurasian Economic Union And the Collective Security Treaty Organization is not on our agenda”
Russia has a military base in the city of Gimuri near the Armenian-Turkish border with about 3,000 troops. . Russia announced in November that it will deploy around 2,000 troops as part of a peacekeeping mission in the country. Relations between Yerevan and Moscow said that relations between the two countries are in a normal state.
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