RA NA RATIFIED AGREEMENT ON CREATION OF CSTO KSOR
news.am
Feb 23 2010
Armenia
RA Parliament ratified agreement on creation of CSTO Collective Rapid
Reaction Force (KSOR). The agreement, reached in Moscow last June
aimed at uniting CSTO states’ efforts to repel armed attacks.
In the course of discussions, Armenian MPs put particular emphasis
on the fact whether CSTO will react to possible aggression against
Armenia by Azerbaijan. Chairman of RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign
Relations Armen Rustamyan expressed confidence that it will do so
in any case. According to him, the agreement will be sort of "strait
jacket" for those who will venture upon a violence against Armenia.
"Though NKR is not a CSTO member, presumably in case of threat from
Azerbaijan, CSTO will respond as the aggression against NKR is against
Armenia," Rustamyan said. However, Heritage Party members did not
share his opinion, saying that in case of violence against both NKR
and Armenia, CSTO will sit on the fence.