REJECTION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO AN ALLY INVOLVED IN HOSTILITIES WOULD DISCREDIT CSTO

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 20, 2011 – 17:44 AMT

Deputy Director of Caucasus Institute Sergey Minasyan said that
rejection of efficient and immediate military assistance to an ally,
which is involved in hostilities with a third country, would only
discredit CSTO as a military and political factor on the post-Soviet
territory.

It can cause irreversible consequences for the further destiny of
the organization, Minasyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“And it is especially topical to consider it in the analysis of all
trends in the military and political processes around the Karabakh
conflict. This should not be conceived as a negative statement
concerning the CSTO activity in South Caucasus. To the contrary, one
can firmly state that the CSTO and strengthening of Armenia-Russia
military and political cooperation are the most important constraint,
which contributes to maintenance of regional stability and security
in South Caucasus,” concluded Minasyan.