ArmInfo. Armenia does not exclude the recall of Yuri Khachaturov from the post of Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Thus, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian on the margins of the meeting of the Main Group of the Munich Security Group Conference told reporters, in particular, "Given that he is a representative of the Republic of Armenia, then Armenia has the right to decide in principle whether to leave his representative as general secretary or not "At the moment, there is a certain legal process in this direction. Apparently, Armenia will withdraw its representative back." Earlier, the Armenian Foreign Ministry stated that discussions on the issue of changing the current CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov are continuing and the final decision has not yet been made.
To recall, CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov is accused of overthrowing the constitutional order in the so-called "March 1, 2008 case." At that time he held the post of the head of the Yerevan garrison. By a court decision of July 28, he was arrested and then released on bail in the amount of 5 million drams. The second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan is alos accused within the same case, as well as the former head of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia Mikael Harutyunyan who is on the wanted list. On August 2, the Special Investigative Service stated that the measure of restraint chosen against Yuri Khachaturov is not an obstacle for him to leave Armenia for some time. At the same time, the SIS did not detail the permissible period of his absence.
Official Yerevan proposed CSTO counterparts to consider the possibility of replacing the CSTO Secretary General from Armenia in connection with the criminal prosecution of Yuri Khachaturov.