Monday, November 28 2022 13:05

ArmInfo.The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has proposed a package of measures to assist Armenia, including dispatching a mission to the  Armenian-Azerbaijani border to assess the situation, CSTO Secretary  General Stanislav Zas stated in an interview with the All-National  Television of Belarus.

Speaking of the situation in the South Caucasus, Mr Zas stated that  the trends in the CSTO responsibility region in the Caucasus are a  source of cautious optimism. All the CSTO member-states are aimed at  establishing peace in the region, a peace agreement, legal border  demarcation and unblocking of transport links.

"And the regional countries are following this way. And it is good.  On the other hand, the situation is rather complicated - primarily  along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, with almost daily exchange of  fire. The package of measures proposed by the CSTO as assistance to  Armenia - from political and diplomatic to military measures - have  generally been supported by all the states," Mr Zas said. 

According to him, "the only thing the CSTO leaders failed to do is a  unanimous opinion on the situation there."

After Azerbaijan's large-scale aggression against Armenia's sovereign  territory on September 13-14, official Yerevan applied for assistance  to Russia, the CSTO and the UN Security Council. The CSTO dispatched  a mission to Armenia to assess the situation. Official Yerevan stated  it expected a targeted political assessment of the occupation of  Armenian territories. Moreover, Armenia's premier refused to sign the  declarations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)  Collective Security Council on join assistance to Armenia. 

"The lack of a clear political assessment of the situation  can mean  not only the CSTO's refusal of allied obligations, but it  can also  be interpreted by Azerbaijan as a green light from the CSTO  for  further aggression against Armenia. And this contradicts not only the  letter, partners, at the moment I believe that the draft   "Declaration of the CSTO CSC and on joint measures to provide   assistance to the Republic of Armenia" submitted for signing is not   sufficiently finalized, and in this form, with all due respect, I am   not ready to sign these documents," Pashinyan said in his closing   speech at the summit of the CSTO member states.