CSTO CSC discusses results of the work of the Organization’s mission to Armenia

.An extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council discusses via videoconference joint measures to provide assistance to the Republic of Armenia and the results of the work of the CSTO mission sent to Armenia by the CSTO CSC on September 15, 2022 following the deteriorating situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The session’s participants include Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia; Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus; Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Sadyr Japarov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic; Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation; Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan; and Stanislav Zas, CSTO Secretary General.
As Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, said in his address to the CSC extraordinary meeting, “Russia has strong ties with both Yerevan and Baku, and it is simply impossible not to take this into account. That puts all of us in a rather difficult position. But we certainly cannot stay away from the problems and disagreements between the states Russia is so close to and we are invariably ready to contribute to a peaceful resolution of their differences. And we undoubtedly are generally interested in making the South Caucasus a peaceful and steadily developing region.”
According to Vladimir Putin, the only possible and realistic path to peace is the one through strict compliance, by the parties, with all the provisions of the well-known joint statements of the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Vladimir Putin said that “through consistent implementation of these agreements, through delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, freeing up transport services, and resolving humanitarian issues will it be possible to achieve a sustainable normalization between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Prime Minister of Armenia and I have discussed this many times, and I understand that our colleague fully agrees with this. The question is how to find these solutions. It is not easy, but you can only find them on this path. In the future, this will pave the way to a peace treaty.”