RF MFA corrected statement of FM Lavrov regarding situation in Parukh
The RF MFA corrected the statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov regarding the situation in Parukh.
Yesterday Lavrov, answering the relevant question, said that the situation around the village of Parukh is a priority for the Russian military. According to Lavrov, there are already certain results of de-escalation of the situation there.
“And we have an awareness that within the framework of the substantive work on demarcation that is already beginning, these issues will be discussed and definitely resolved,” Lavrov said.
Meanwhile, in the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the following was noted as Lavrov’s response: “We hope that the launch of the process of delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border will help to increase trust between Baku and Yerevan and prevent incidents like Parukh in the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.”
Issue of incursion of Azerbaijani forces into Armenia’s sovereign territory remains open: FM says after CSTO meeting
On June 10, a meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers of CSTO was held in Yerevan under the chairmanship of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan.
The agenda of the meeting included issues related to international and regional security, improving the CSTO crisis response mechanisms, as well as the implementation of individual decisions of the CSTO Collective Security Council. At the expanded meeting, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan noted that 30 years ago the CSTO member states made a historic decision to combine efforts aimed at ensuring peace and security, which, in the end, led to the creation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization two decades ago.
Minister Mirzoyan stated that by joint efforts it was possible to provide a reliable basis for countering challenges and threats, creating and further developing an effective defense system aimed at comprehensively meeting the expectations and aspirations of the organization’s member states.
Noting that the CSTO is gaining an increasingly important role in ensuring the security of the Eurasian region, the Armenian Foreign Minister added that it is obvious that the role of the CSTO as a security donor will gradually grow.
The Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states adopted a statement on international security issues with the results of today’s session in Yerevan, as well as approved the consultation plan of the representatives of the CSTO states for the next three years on foreign policy, defense and security affairs, Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan said at a joint press conference with CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas after the session.
“We completed the session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which was attended by the Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states and the CSTO Secretary General. This year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and I want to once again congratulate all of us on this occasion. During the narrow and extended-format sessions we discussed with the Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states the situation development trends in the field of international and regional security and their impact on the security of our states. We also touched upon the issue of improving the crisis response mechanisms, which, as you know, is the priority of Armenia’s presidency at the CSTO. In January the Organization responded to the incidents in Kazakhstan on the right time, but the issue connected with the incursion of the Azerbaijani troops into Armenia’s sovereign territory, which started in May 2021, still remains open. We also discussed the implementation process of the agreements that were reached at the level of the leaders of the CSTO member states in September 2021 on the sidelines of the session of the Collective Security Council, as well as Armenia’s chairmanship priorities”, the FM said.
Mirzoyan said Armenia has been and remains committed to the initiating cooperation within the CSTO aimed at expanding the mutual partnership between the member states, including developing the foreign policy coordination within the CSTO and raising the role of the Organization in the international arena.
Based on the session results, that took place in the Armenian Presidential Palace, the CSTO Foreign Ministers agreed to hold the next session of the Council again in Yerevan in the fourth quarter of 2022.
The activities of the session of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers in Yerevan were held in a very constructive and good environment, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said during a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan after the session.
The Secretary General said the CSTO Foreign Ministers paid a great attention especially to the discussion of the situation of international and regional security. Stanislav Zas said the situation is this respect is really very complex in all the three regions of the collective security. As for the situation in the Eastern-European region, it gradually deteriorates, according to him.
“A document has been agreed on and approved with the discussion results, the statement of the foreign ministers about the international security where foreign ministers express their deep concerns over the continuous deterioration of the international security. The document reflects the position of the member states in the strong observation of the principle of equal and inseparable security and the impermissibility of strengthening the security of our states at the expense of others”, the CSTO Secretary General said.
With the adopted statement the CSTO Foreign Ministers have also expressed their support to the strengthening of the leading role of the UN Security Council in maintenance of peace and stability in the world.
The session agenda also included the issue on improving the CSTO crisis response mechanisms which is one of the main priorities of Armenia’s chairmanship at the CSTO, which was also stated by Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan.
Over the matter Stanislav Zas said that the first experience of the CSTO in this respect was the peacekeeping mission carried out in Kazakhstan in January.
“In fact, it was our first experience during the peacekeeping operation in Kazakhstan, when the CSTO crisis response system was put into operation. It paved the way for us for improving our activity in this area. The foreign ministers informed me about the activities that have already been done in our working bodies of the CSTO, and we are planning to draft a document on this matter in coming months”, Stanislav Zas said.
The CSTO Secretary General thanked the Armenian side and the Armenian FM personally for presenting a number of proposals aimed at improving the crisis response mechanisms, as well as for hosting the event in a well-organized manner.
