Armenia says has not appealed to CSTO over Azerbaijan’s fire![]() September 17, 2018 - 17:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has not appealed to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) over Azerbaijan’s shelling of Armenian villages, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan revealed, according to Novosti Armenia. “We have notified the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and the personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, as well as other structures about the current situation on the border. We have not appealed to the CSTO,” Balayan was quoted as saying. According to Balayan, the Foreign Ministry will offer a follow-up in case there is official response from the agencies in question. Balayan also said that the Armenian Foreign Ministry periodically informs those institutions about Azerbaijan’s cross-border fire. ![]() ![]() The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |