Armenia was denied the right to vote in the CSTO.
Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization made this decision due to Armenia's failure to meet its obligations.
"Due to the fact that Armenia has not fulfilled its obligations for several years, under the guidance of the organization's charter, it was proposed and decided to deprive Armenia of the right to vote, as well as the right to appoint its representatives to responsible positions in the CSTO, he said.
In 2024, amid deteriorating relations with Russia, Yerevan "froze" its participation in the CSTO, and then announced its imminent withdrawal from the organization. At the same time, the Armenian authorities themselves did not initiate an exit from the CSTO, but they stopped paying membership fees, and as Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in June of this year, they have no intention of doing so.