Armenian Parliament’s Deputy Speaker considers Bordyuzha’s statement direct signal to Azerbaijan

YEREVAN, JUNE 18, ARMENPRESS. The statement of Nikolay Bordyuzha, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) that Armenia will get supplementary assistance from Collective Security Treaty Organization in case of aggravation of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh was a direct signal to Azerbaijan, Armenian Parliament Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov told in answer to the question of Armenpress after Executive body session of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA).

“CSTO Secretary General’s announcement that the organization will assist Armenia in case of tension proves that CSTO is Armenia’s ally and Armenia – as a member-state of CSTO- can expect its ally countries’, particularly Russia’s support. Secondly, it was a direct signal to Azerbaijan, implying that the conflict tension is unacceptable and condemnable to CSTO,” Sharmazanov stressed.

In response to the question whether Bordyuzha made such a statement because there is a danger of resumption of military actions, Sharmazanov said that such a danger will always persist as long as we live in a period of a war that has not ended yet.

“As long as our soldiers are wounded on the border, we must always be ready for war. They say, if you want peace, prepare for war. The ancient Romans were not fools to say such a thing,” Sharmazanov said, adding that he excludes the resumption of wide-scale military actions as the presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairing countries have declared for numerous times that the conflict must have an exclusively peaceful settlement.