YEREVAN — Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will not take part in the joint session of the Committee of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence and Secretaries of the Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ani Badalyan revealed today.
The joint session will be held on 28 November in Astana, Kazakhstan. The officials are expected to exchange views on the military-political situation in the collective security regions.
The results of co-operation within the CSTO and prospects for further development of the collective security system will be discussed.
In February 2024, Armenia announced the freezing of its membership in the CSTO and later also refused to pay membership fees to the Russia-dominated organization.
On 12 June, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the next logical step in relations with the CSTO would be to withdraw from the organization.
On 18 September, Pashinyan said that the CSTO was not fulfilling its defense commitments to Armenia and was creating threats to its security, existence, sovereignty and statehood.
