“Depriving Armenia of its voting right in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will have no effect whatsoever on relations between Yerevan and Moscow.”
Globalinfo.az reports that this was stated by Nikolai Topornin, an expert in international law and director of the European Information Centre.
“We have excellent relations in the humanitarian and cultural spheres. We have economic, diplomatic and political ties. This is a whole spectrum of relations. Armenia is a close country for us. There is much that unites us,” he said.
According to Topornin, Armenia does not abandon its course of integration with Europe, and this is a destabilising factor in the development of ties between Moscow and Yerevan:
“Russia believes that Armenia must make its choice. Apparently, it is impossible to sit on two chairs at once — to be in both the EAEU and the EU. This is precisely what has led to the cooling of relations in recent times.”
Note that on November 11, the CSTO member countries deprived Armenia of its voting right in the organisation, as well as of the right to appoint its representatives to responsible positions in the organisation.
The CSTO is a regional international organisation established by several states of the post-Soviet space to ensure collective security. Its main goals are strengthening peace, international and regional security and stability, as well as the collective protection of the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of member states.
Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared that his country no longer has any interests in the CSTO.
Aliyar Khalil
Globalinfo.az
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