AGGRESSION AGAINST CSTO MEMBER STATE CONSIDERED AS AGAINST ORGANIZATION

PanARMENIAN.Net - Aggression against any CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) member state is considered as aggression against the organization, CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha stated. "Within the framework of the passed Treaty on Collective Security, in case of aggression against one of the Organization member states, the rest of the states consider it as aggression against themselves with all the ensuing consequences," he said. Including, as specified by the Secretary General, any type of assistance may be provided to the country in question if needed. However he emphasized that the Organization is inclined towards the political solution of any problems. "The history teaches us that any steps of armed nature are easy to undertake, but it is virtually not possible to localize the problem after that. It develops into bloodshed thus we are oriented to the political solution of the question," N. Bordyuzha said. He also stated that the CSTO is open to all those wishing to join it if the political course of the state and political leadership of those countries are in line with the principles, which the organization advocates. "We are ready to consider the accession of any state to the organization," he said. When commenting on the situation in the South Caucasus from the point of view of obvious division of geo-political preferences: Armenia as a CSTO member and Georgia and Azerbaijan, which obviously gravitate towards the NATO, N. Bordyuzha depicted it as a sovereign right of every state. "If those countries link their future with securing themselves with the NATO, it is their sovereign right. It means that they think it is better for them," he said.