ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan considers the CSTO's reaction to the situation in the Sotk-Khoznavar section on the border with Azerbaijan as a failure for the Organization.
"What happened at the Sotk-Khoznavar section is, of course, a failure of the Armed Forces and the government. But the way the CSTO reacted to what happened, I think, was also a failure for the Organization," he said on April 13 in parliament.
Pashinyan noted that, despite existing procedures, the CSTO has not yet made a decision to monitor the problem area, justifying the long-standing fears of the Armenian public that this Organization, which is of paramount importance for the security system of Armenia, will do nothing at the right time, remaining in observer status. "The fact is that the CSTO still does not consider this situation in any way, even as an observer," he stressed.
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces continue to be in the Sotk-Khoznavar section, posing a real threat to the security of Armenia, he noted. "But I also want to state that the territory of 45 square kilometers that was occupied as a result of these events, unfortunately, is not the only one in the Republic of Armenia. Since the beginning of the 90s, about 70 square kilometers of the territory have been in this status, and as I already said, our policy on this issue is to consider the solution of it in the context of the activities of the commission on delimitation and demarcation," Nikol Pashinyan said.