The doors are open to Armenia for all CSTO events, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said at a briefing.
“Russia respects the independent course of Armenia, which has suspended its active participation in the CSTO. However, Yerevan retains membership in the organization, and the doors are “open” for it to all CSTO events,” Ushakov said.
“We do not question the right of Armenian partners to independently determine their course,” the diplomat said. “De jure, Yerevan remains a full member of the CSTO and thus retains all the corresponding rights and obligations,” he added.
“The doors are open for Armenia’s physical return to work in the CSTO, and we hope that Armenian representatives will resume their cooperation within the framework of this organization sooner or later,” Ushakov concluded.
Armenia has de-facto frozen its participation in the Collectives Security Treaty Organization, Foreign Minister Araart Mirzoyan will skip the upcoming joint meeting of the CSTO Committee of Foreign Ministers, Defense Ministers, and Security Council Secretaries in Astana.
