Kremlin Says CSTO Strips Armenia of Voting Rights as Moscow Sidelines Its Estranged Ally
- On Wednesday, the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization stripped Armenia of its voting rights, citing the country's failure to pay membership dues.
- Armenia accused the alliance of failing to intervene three years ago, when Azerbaijan launched a surprise offensive to seize control of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
- Russia has issued sweeping bans on a range of Armenian products this year, widely viewed as retaliation for the country's pivot toward Europe.
- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has effectively frozen his country's involvement in the CSTO, although Secretary-general Taalatbek Masadykov stressed that membership has not been nullified.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrovsaid noted earlier this week that Armenia was expected to maintain baseline security guarantees, while Armenia can be reinstated upon settling its dues, Masadykov added.
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Armenia has not paid membership fees to the CSTO for more than two years. Because of this, Yerevan lost the right to vote, although Nikol Pashinyan had previously frozen the country's participation.
Russia-led military alliance strips Armenia of voting rights
Member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have stripped Armenia of its voting rights within the organization. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was among the first to announce the move. The decision is also recorded in the declaration issued after the organization’s summit in Moscow.
Moscow, Nov 11 (EFE).- The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a post-Soviet military alliance led by Russia, deprived Armenia, one of the six members of the bloc, of its right to vote in the middle of its approach to the West on Wednesday, the Kremlin announced. “Because Armenia has failed to fulfil its obligations [...] The entry The ‘Russian NATO’ deprives Armenia of its right to vote was first published in HolaNews.
Armenia deprived of voting rights in CSTO Peskov Peskov said that Armenia was deprived of the right to vote and <p>appoint representatives to the CSTO. Yerevan froze membership in 2024</p>.
Kremlin spokesman Peskov announced the decision regarding Armenia's representation within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Peskov stated that the Yerevan government has been stripped of its voting rights and its ability to appoint its own representatives to high-level positions within the organization.
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