MOSCOW — Armenia has been deprived of the right to nominate representatives for senior positions within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Peskov said the decision was made by participants in a CSTO summit.
“The issue was discussed, and a decision was made. It was proposed and agreed to deprive Armenia of the right to appoint its representatives to senior positions within the CSTO,” he stated.
The decision was announced following a meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council held in Moscow on November 11.
Yerevan has boycotted the military alliance’s activities for four consecutive years and has not paid its membership dues for the past two years, providing grounds for the suspension of its voting rights under the CSTO charter.
Last week, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan responded to a statement by the CSTO Secretary-General regarding Russia’s proposal to suspend Armenia’s voting rights, reiterating that Yerevan’s “interest in the CSTO has been exhausted.
