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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia would take note if other member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) decided to remove the country from the bloc.
Member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) earlier agreed to consider applying a relevant provision of the organization’s charter to Armenia over its non-payment of membership fees for two years.
Armenia has not paid membership fees to the CSTO since freezing its participation in the bloc in 2024.
“I cannot comment on CSTO matters. I know that there is a mechanism for expelling a member from the CSTO. If member states decide to remove Armenia, we will have to take note of that decision. We would have nothing else to do,” Pashinyan said during a briefing with journalists, when asked whether there is a procedure for expelling a member state from the CSTO and whether such an issue could arise in Armenia’s case.