Armenia not planning to quit CSTO – Foreign Ministry

AKIPRESS.COM - Armenia does not consider possible withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization and Eurasian Economic Union and does not plan to raise the issue of withdrawal of the 102nd Russian military base from Gyumri, Deputy Foreign Minister Mnatsakan Safaryan said, Tass reported.

"There are no such themes on our agenda now," he said.

Prime Minister Pashinyan skipped CSTO Summit in Minsk on November 23.

Armenia also skipped the joint meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers, Defense Ministers and Security Council Secretaries.

CSTO includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

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