Armenia has relied on those who do not need it and who are looking for opportunities to turn it into another anti-Russian nest, so denying the country a voice within the CSTO is natural, says Andrey Klimov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.
Earlier, the participants in the CSTO summit in Moscow decided to deny Armenia the right to vote in the organization, as well as the right to appoint its representatives to responsible positions in the CSTO.
"A decision of this kind, announced now, is, unfortunately, a natural consequence of the activities carried out by the current government of Armenia. Nothing else could have resulted from it. They relied more and more on those who do not need Armenia at all, who need the opportunity to create another anti-Russian nest from Armenia," Klimov told RIA Novosti.
The parliamentarian noted that every year under the government of Nikol Pashinyan, Armenia moves more and more to the side of those that in Russia are rightly called unfriendly countries.
"It is very difficult to force an independent country, which is officially Armenia, to be in any international association when it, let's say, does not really appreciate this organization itself and treats it, especially in recent years, as if it was not an organization with its participation, but something foreign," Klimov noted.
According to him, everything is progressing towards the decision to deny Armenia the right to vote in the CSTO for a long time. The deputy added that he does not have a single argument to indicate that Iran, under Pashinyan in power, is going to make a constructive contribution to the joint work of the CSTO.
"Under such circumstances, even when the existing regulatory requirements in the CSTO and all accepted principles are violated - how can this continue indefinitely? "- added the parliamentarian.
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