Armenia has lost its voting rights in the CSTO.
Members of the CSTO Collective Security Council deprived Armenia of its voting rights and the ability to appoint representatives to responsible positions in this organization.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is to consider the prospects for Armenia's participation - in particular, the issue of depriving Armenia of its voting rights may be discussed on November 11, representatives of the CSTO member states stated in August. The CSTO Collective Security Council may decide to deprive Armenia of its voting rights in the organization, as the country has not paid its contributions for more than two years, explained Alexander Pankin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, on November 6.
Members of the CSTO Collective Security Council meeting decided to deprive Armenia of its voting rights in the organization, this was reported by Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov to Life journalist Alexander Yunashov, TASS writes.
"The issue was raised, a decision was made. Due to the fact that Armenia has not fulfilled its obligations for several years, guided by the organization's charter, it was proposed and decided to deprive Armenia of its voting rights, as well as the right to appoint its representatives to responsible positions in the CSTO," Dmitry Peskov told me," Yunashov wrote on his Telegram channel.
He accompanied his publication with a video recording in which Peskov utters the quoted words.
Recall that after Russia's refusal to intervene in the armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the fall of 2020, Armenia's confidence in the benefits of participating in the CSTO weakened to the point of threatening to leave the organization. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced in February 2024 that Armenia's participation in the CSTO is "frozen." Yerevan will legally freeze its membership in the organization if the CSTO does not fulfill its obligations; for now, it is about refusing to participate in events and the absence of Armenia's permanent representative in the organization, he explained.
In December 2024, Pashinyan ruled out Armenia's return to the CSTO. The point of no return in the relations between the CSTO and Armenia has been passed; the country does not consider itself a member of the bloc and excludes the possibility of returning there, the politician stated.
About how the degree of unfriendly rhetoric from Armenia towards Russia has increased, and what steps Armenia has taken in attempts to seek alternatives to the CSTO, can be read in the report "Caucasian Knot" "Main points on Armenia's criticism of the CSTO and the Kremlin".