The chief of the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Friday warned of high risks of destabilization on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict zone, TASS reported.

According to CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, the situation in the South Caucasus “remains fraught with serious destabilization”.

“The risks related to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border remain high," he told an enlarged meeting of the security bloc’s Secretariat and Joint Staff.

Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Caucasus region persist as a result of the many years of disputes, he stated.