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YEREVAN, AUGUST 12, ARMENPRESS:
The CSTO is a developing and a very promising military-political establishment: a number of countries, having special interests, are involved in it, yet there is some common, as they all appeared in the same establishment, according to Davit Jamalyan, military expert.
Davit Jamalyan told Armenpress that first of all the common interests with Russia in a variety of issues unite the countries. "The CSTO's first and main mechanism as a military-political establishment is the rapid reaction force, which gives quite a real image to CSTO," he said.
According to the military expert, Armenia has agreements with Russia not only within the framework of the CSTO, but also directly with the country. This firstly refers to military security issues, about which Armenia has serious expectations from other member-states of the CTSO, as some mutual agreements are available. This may refer to various forms of mutual assistance. There are serious expectations from the rapid reaction force.
As to the Azerbaijani side's statements, according to which the CSTO is an inefficient establishment, Davit Jamalyan said the Armenian-Russian strategic partnership caused serious concerns by the Azerbaijani side. "Therefore they tend to discredit Armenia's cooperation with Russia through creating a background of mockery." The military expert says in fact the Azerbaijani side realizes that the countries, which strongly cooperate with Russia on the basis of geopolitical interests, are involved in the CSTO.
"One should not overestimate the significance of CSTO, but if the cooperation is deepened, CSTO as a military-political establishment will become stronger," he said.