Armenia was denied the right to vote in the CSTO, as well as the right to appoint its representatives to responsible positions in the organization.
At the same time, he remains a member of the organization, the state is not excluded from him and therefore has the right to collective defense.
The denial of voting rights stems from the fact that Armenia does not pay membership fees.
Well, the host of the current CSTO summit was Russia. Therefore, Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Council of Heads of State.
It kind of got lost in the negotiations in Abu Dhabi. But the decision regarding Armenia is important. Presumably, the same will be adopted in the EAEU. But it's more difficult there, because you have to think about how to deprive the state of economic preferences.
And at the summit, Vyacheslav Volodin also spoke on issues of parliamentary cooperation within the CSTO and the head of the Russian Federation, Anna Popova, on issues of biosafety.