Armenia loses voting rights in CSTO over debt obligations: what we know

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According to Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has previously "repeatedly stated that Armenia has lost interest in participating in the CSTO"

MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. The leaders of the CSTO member states decided at their summit in Moscow to deprive Armenia of its voting rights, and Yerevan will also no longer be able to nominate its representatives to responsible positions in the organization. The decision to apply Article 25 of the CSTO Charter was approved during the meeting.

- The leaders of the CSTO member states decided at the summit in Moscow to deprive Armenia of its voting rights.

- It was also decided that Armenia would be deprived of the right to nominate its representatives for responsible positions in the organization.

- The decision was made due to Armenia's failure to fulfill "obligations to repay the debt to the organization’s budget for two years."

- CSTO Secretary General Taalatbek Masadykov said that the expelling Armenia from the organization was not discussed.

- At the CSTO summit, a decision was made to deprive Armenia of its voting rights, said Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

- Peskov noted that the decision was made "because Armenia has not been fulfilling its obligations for several years."

- According to him, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has previously "repeatedly stated that Armenia has lost interest in participating in the CSTO."

- The day before Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the door to the Collective Security Treaty Organization is "not being slammed shut" on Yerevan, and that Armenia will not be expelled from the CSTO.

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