Armenia sought no CSTO help in Karabakh conflict: Shoigu

PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu stated that Armenia did not submit any request to the Collective Security Treaty Organization for assistance during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, according to RIA Novosti.

“There was no request from Armenia regarding assistance within the framework of this conflict,” Shoigu told reporters after a meeting of the CSTO Security Councils Secretaries Committee.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has previously said that it is unrealistic to expect changes regarding Armenia’s return to the CSTO.

During a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on April 1, Pashinyan stated: “We have never concealed our position regarding the CSTO, because in 2022 we faced a specific situation. In my opinion, CSTO mechanisms should have been activated, but they were not, and this, of course, led to the current situation in our relations with the CSTO. We are currently not participating in CSTO activities for a simple reason: to this day we have been unable to explain to our people and citizens why the CSTO did not respond, despite the obligations that exist under the Collective Security Treaty.”