CSTO supports Minsk Group format for Karabakh conflict settlement

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS: The CSTO is not going to interfere into the talks over Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Secretary General of the organization Nikolay Bordyuzha said today at the Yerevan-Moscow-Kiev-Astana-Kishinev-Minsk space bridge.

"We do not interfere into the negotiation process. We understand that Armenia is our partner but there exist relevant mechanisms and there is no necessity to create anything new," Bordyuzha said.

In his opinion, the OSCE Minsk Group is the one to deal with the solution of the Karabakh issue.

There are relevant mechanisms, in particular, there is OSCE Minsk group, trilateral meetings of the presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan take place. "These are the mechanisms to be applied for the settlement of this very complicated issue," Bordyuzha said.

In response to the question what the CSTO will do in critical situation, the secretary general said Armenia is full member of the CSTO and has right to get assistance of its allies. "It is impossible to forecast crises in the CSTO member states. Everything depends on a concrete situation," Bordyuzha said.

According to him, in critical situation the organization uses not only collective operative response forces but its political and peacekeeping potential as well. "I repeat, as a member of the CSTO, Armenia will get all the necessary assistance," Bordyuzha stressed.