The Armenian parliament is not considering the country's withdrawal from the CSTO, Gagham Manukyan, a member of the parliamentary security and defense committee, said in an interview with Izvestia. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Penkin said that Yerovan is trying to shift the responsibility for his decisions to the organization's participants. He emphasized that despite the freeze on participation and the refusal to pay contributions, Armenia remains a full member of the CSTO.