Armenia officially freezes its participation in CSTO

Armenia has frozen its participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) until it finds out whether this organization exists, operates, or leaves the region, Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan said, Report informs.

Simonyan also said that the meeting to be held on April 5 between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, European Commission Chairman Ursula von der Leyen, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was not directed against Russia.

"Armenia's actions are aimed at protecting the country's sovereignty," he stressed.