MOSCOW, August 27. /TASS/. There is no need to anticipate developments regarding Yerevan’s withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since the country’s leadership has its position, while the Armenian people have theirs, CSTO Secretary General Taalatbek Masadykov said in an interview with TASS.
When asked what decision could be expected from the November meeting of the Collective Security Council regarding Armenia’s CSTO membership, the secretary general noted that decisions on "whether or not to expel" a country from the organization are made by the heads of the CSTO member states. "We, as the Secretariat, cannot make a decision for one side or another, so everything is still ahead. Whether this issue will be seriously discussed at the next CSC meeting in Moscow in November of this year is also a question for the heads of state themselves to decide. Let’s not rush [events]," he said.
"We have heard the statements by [Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan]. I have always said that there is [the opinion] not only of the country’s leadership, but also that of the Armenian people on various issues. So let us not anticipate events," the agency’s source stressed.
