CSTO RRF formation to help Armenia resist challenges

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Collective Security Treaty Organization has gone through a number of formation stages and the decision to form CSTO rapid reaction force was timely, an Armenian MP said.



"After conclusion of the agreement, the CSTO member states should take action. However, it's hard to say how these forces will be used. We should assess and coordinate future steps, including establishment of united headquarters," Artur Aghabekian, head of the RA parliamentary committee on defense, national security and internal affairs, told a PanARMENIAN.Net



This decision will help Armenia resist challenges, according to him.



"Armenia will probably operate collective force in case of resumption of hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh. But it's too early to speak of real tasks yet," Aghabekian said.



The decision to form a CSTO rapid reaction force was taken during the summit of SCTO heads of state in Moscow on February 4.