Pashinyan: We will not join NATO, but we will revise the “Collective Security Treaty”.

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan emphasized in an interview with the Daily Telegraph newspaper that Yerevan has never discussed its possible joining the North Atlantic Organization.

He added: The issue is not that we discussed or are consulting; In Armenia, there are debates about whether a strategy based on alliance is compatible with our long-term interests or not. Yerevan may reconsider its membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a security bloc led by Russia. He pointed out and emphasized that Armenia is not Russia’s ally when it comes to Ukraine.

Pashinyan added: This is a fact. But let me also say about our other partners like America, France and others; Our security partnership is not against any of our other security partners. Our partners may be worried about the relationship with them, and this is an issue that we try to manage by transparently communicating with them. When visiting Armenia, Vladimir Putin also said: I have no authority to detain or not detain anyone.

He added: After 2018, Armenia has undergone extensive democratic reforms. And I don’t decide who to arrest and who not to arrest.

Last March 17, the International Criminal Court ordered the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lova Belova. The Commissioner for Children’s Rights has issued a Russian presidential complaint for war crimes, including the illegal transfer of children to Russia. Russia has denied the allegations.

Prev “Alexander Pankin,” the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, said that Moscow has asked Armenia to stop publicly criticizing the Collective Security Treaty Organization and start negotiations to eliminate differences.

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