Video from the meeting between Pashinyan and Zas

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has received the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Stanislav Zas, the Government's press service reports.

Nikol Pashinyan welcomed Mr. Zas's visit to Armenia and stated: “We highly value our membership in the CSTO. The CSTO is one of the key elements of Armenia's security system, which has a wide area of responsibility. Unfortunately, tensions are rising in many places. And also for this reason, we are preparing very seriously for our presidency in the organization, related not only to the challenges that have recently emerged in terms of the security of the Republic of Armenia but also more broadly.

I believe that the challenges that have now emerged in the area of responsibility of the CSTO should be honored and the issues should be resolved. Of course, I want to draw attention to the fact that the CSTO is, first and foremost, an organization that solves problems through political methods. Of course, it is a military-political organization, but primarily, it is also provided by the charter and other normative documents, and it is necessary to exert maximum effort to resolve the situations, disagreements, and challenges that arise in the CSTO area of responsibility through political methods. I believe that the organization has very great opportunities to solve the issues that have emerged through political methods. It is necessary for the organization and us to show some determination on these issues. Of course, specific mechanisms for action are also foreseen in specific situations.