  Armenia assumes CSTO chairmanship September 16, 2021 - 14:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia assumed the chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Thursday, September 16. At the end of the expanded meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, on behalf of his country and himself, congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and wished him fruitful activity. The next meetings of the Councils of Foreign and Defense Ministers of the CSTO member states and the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils will be held in Armenia in the first half of 2022.   Top stories 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. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says  David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment.Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |
