[🇷🇺] Armenia ‘suspends’ security pact with Russia

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Source: https://www.rt.com/russia/592986-armenian-suspends-pact-russia/

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says his decision was motivated by the conflict with Azerbaijan.
Armenia has de facto suspended its participation in a key security agreement with Russia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said, citing the continuing tensions with its neighbor and arch-rival Azerbaijan.
In an interview with France 24 that was published on Thursday, Pashinyan said his country has grown dissatisfied with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a six-member bloc founded shortly after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
“We believe that, in Armenia’s case, the treaty has not been implemented, especially in 2021-2022, and it couldn’t go unnoticed,” Pashiyan explained. “We have suspended our participation in this treaty. We’ll see what happens next.”
Armenia began refusing to attend certain CSTO events and military drills last year. Pashinyan said in the past, however, that Yerevan had no plans to formally cut ties with the bloc. He urged the bloc and its leader Russia, however, to back Armenia during its conflict with Azerbaijan and condemn its “aggression” in the region.