President of Belarus defends Armenia’s ‘justified’ criticism of CSTO

YEREVAN, JUNE 20, ARMENPRESS. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has said that Armenia’s criticism of the CSTO is justified.

Lukashenko made the remarks while addressing a foreign ministerial meeting of CSTO member states in Minsk, Belarus.

Lukashenko said that Armenia is making justifies claims, while another member Kyrgyzstan has been asking for a long time to support in solving the border dispute with Tajikistan.

“I’d say there are problems, very serious problems. If we don’t resolve these problems, we will constantly rebuke each other and express discontent regarding the activities of the entire organization. Problems exist to be resolved. Thus, regardless of anything, we must dive into these issues that CSTO member Armenia and CSTO members Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are solving today,” Lukashenko said.

“Let’s include these issues in the agenda and resolve them. If we help resolve the conflict on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border, if we start solving this issue, they will be grateful. People will stop dying, and these countries will always be grateful to us. The same goes for the most difficult problem of Azerbaijan and Armenia,” the Belarusian leader said.