Armenia's Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan hasn’t ruled out the possibility of Armenia someday withdrawing from the CSTO.
“No one rules it out. And its reasons are well known. The CSTO is doing everything for that,” Simonyan told reporters when asked to comment on opinions that Armenia could eventually quit the bloc.
Referring to the statement of Maria Zakharova, Official Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, that non-active participation in the CSTO meetings and the work of the CSTO entails dangers for Armenia, Alen Simonyan said:
“I think it is very wrong to speak with Armenia with threats. I couldn’t imagine that the Russian embassy in Armenia, or their analysts, or the foreign ministry are so detached from Armenian reality. Being a CSTO member, they witnessed an attack on Armenia by another country and made an impression as if nothing happened.”
