CSTO comments on Armenia`s request to remove document on aid to  Yerevan from organization`s agenda

ArmInfo. The CSTO commented on Armenia's request to remove the document on assistance to Yerevan from the organization's agenda.

Thus, the organization's statement in this regard, in particular, reads: "In accordance with the Action Plan for the implementation of the decisions of the November 20-22 session of the CSTO CSC and the fulfilment of the priority areas of the Organization's activities, two documents relevant to the stabilization of the situation in the South Caucasus have been developed so far under the chairmanship of the Republic of Belarus. These are the draft decisions of the CSTO CSC "On joint measures to assist the Republic of Armenia" and the Declaration of the Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states on support for efforts to achieve peace in the region.

On the eve of the forthcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies in Minsk, the Armenian side proposed to withdraw the draft Declaration from consideration.  Work on the draft CSC Decision on sending a monitoring mission to the Republic of Armenia and other practical measures will continue."

Earlier, the CSTO proposed sending a monitoring mission to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border to prevent escalation. At the regular session of the heads of member states of the Organization chaired by Armenia last fall, Yerevan did not sign the proposal, noting that the CSTO member states did not give a political assessment of Azerbaijan's aggression.