Fuad Huseynaliyev: Lavrov's proposal to deploy CSTO mission not possible

Armenia, having refused Russia to host the CSTO mission, rushed to Europe for help to increase the composition and possible coverage of the temporary EU mission, which is located on the provisional border with Azerbaijan, Director of the Report News Agency Fuad Huseynaliyev told Baku TV, commenting on the statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on a possible plan to deploy a mission of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on the provisional Armenia-Azerbaijan border, Report informs.

"Lavrov wants to show that Russia remains committed to protecting Armenia both in allied relations and within the CSTO. Here, it is not about Armenia or its consent, but about the consent of the EU," Fuad Huseynaliyev said.

He stressed that Lavrov's proposal to deploy a CSTO mission on the provisional Armenia-Azerbaijan border, in fact, lost any possibility of implementation, because the EU "will not allow Russian observers or the CSTO mission to be nearby, in which there would actually be no representatives of other countries except Russia itself."

"At maximum, for every 50 observers, there would be 1-2 representatives from other CSTO member countries," Huseynaliyev said, adding that Lavrov's proposal was not feasible due to Russia's complicated relationship with the West.