The Prime Minister of Armenia will not go to Moscow for the CSTO summit chaired by Putin.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will be absent from the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Moscow on November 11, chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the press secretary of the leader of the republic, Melania Harutyunyan, Pashinyan will instead travel to Turkey for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31). According to Anadolu, leaders of 95 countries will take part in this event.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the CSTO summit may consider the issue of suspending Armenia's membership or denying voting rights in the organization. If such a decision is made, it will be in effect until the republic pays off the mortgage on unpaid contributions for more than two years, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin said. Pashinyan said on November 5 that Armenia had exhausted its interest in the CSTO, which also includes Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. In addition, the Prime Minister announced his willingness to submit an application to join the European Union in 2027-2028. Yerevan froze CSTO participation in February 2024 because the bloc did not help Armenia during the armed conflict with Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh. Pashinyan called the organization a "bubble union" and stated that some of its members were "planning war" together in Eko.
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