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    WILL CSTO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AGAINST AZERBAIJAN?

    October 31 2013

    The Standing Committee on Defense and Security of the Collective
    Security Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly (CSTO PA) was held
    in the National Assembly. During the press conference following the
    meeting, the journalists asked the head of the Armenian Delegation to
    CSTO, RPA MP Khosrov Harutyunyan whether the information is true that
    a resolution has been adopted at the Yerevan meeting, which states the
    challenges encountered by CSTO member countries, that the reference
    about NKR is missing in the resolution, that Azerbaijan constitutes a
    threat to Armenia and the Armenian delegation has not raised the issue
    during the meeting. Khosrov Harutyunyan said that information was true,
    "It is necessary to introduce the issue in the context of CSTO issues
    from the prospective of security of Armenia. The issues of collective
    security in South Caucasus are directly related to the security of
    Armenia. There should be no other approach," said Khosrov Harutyunyan,
    adding that the threats of Azerbaijan are exclusively conditioned by
    the threats against the Republic of Armenia, and we can not disregard
    these threats, and not only those observed from Azerbaijan, "Azerbaijan
    arms not only outer regional players, but also CSTO member states,
    hence, we have also talked about this very topic.

    We have talked about the blockade of Armenia by Turkey, as a real
    threat to CSTO security system. The objective was very clear, try
    to present our partners the real threats that are related perhaps to
    the security of Armenia, but they are a real threat to the system of
    collective security system," said Harutyunyan opposing the statement
    of his Russian counterpart who still is planning to discuss these
    issues. Khosrov Harutyunyan assures that they have talked about these
    issues during the morning session, and there is an agreement that as
    a result of these discussions, the working group, in the participation
    of CSTO Secretariat and our delegates, will develop the final document,
    which would include all of the questions are of interest.

    "The most essential is that during the discussion, these issues have
    become the main key topics. We have also talked about the solution
    of Karabakh conflict by Azerbaijan through military means, which
    Azerbaijan constantly torpedoes," assured the speaker, adding that
    there will be a CSTO statement saying that any attempt to implement
    the settlement of conflicts through military means or under the threat
    of force, shall be considered as a threat against the collective
    security. Aravot.am has already informed that the working language of
    the meeting was Russian, which caused the indignation of MPs. Even
    Khachatur Kokobelyan has called for respect of the Constitution
    of Armenia, and he had made his speech in Armenian. Khosrov
    Harutyunyan clarified that the working language in CSTO is Russian,
    and accordingly the tasks are conducted only in Russian and, as for
    Kokobelyan's speech, he has personally translated it and does not
    see any problem with it. The press conference was also in Russian
    without translation. To this respect, he answered the questions of
    journalist that the problem is purely technical, and he does not see
    anything extraordinary in it.

    Nelly Grigoryan

    Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/10/31/162286/

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