Parliament speaker says Armenia may leave CSTO

Armenia may withdraw from the CSTO, Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said at a briefing, Report informs referring to Armenian media.

"Nothing can be ruled out," he said.

Referring to the opinions voiced in Russia that the policy of withdrawing from cooperation with the CSTO is contrary to the interests of the Armenian people, Simonyan said that speaking to Armenia in the language of threats is illogical.

Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that the country had frozen its participation in the organization.