If CSTO decides to expel Armenia, country has to take it into account  - premier 

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that if the CSTO decides to expel the country from the organization, Yerevan will take it into account. He made this statement during a briefing with journalists on June 11.

"I cannot comment on matters related to the CSTO. But I know that  there is a mechanism for expelling a country from the organization,  and it is in effect. If CSTO members make such a decision, we will be  forced to take it into account," the Armenian Prime Minister said.

That days earlier, the CSTO countries agreed to consider applying the  relevant article of the organization's charter to Armenia due to  Yerevan's failure to pay its dues for more than two years.

In this regard, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that  their Armenian counterparts have not attended events for over two  years. Meanwhile, cooperation is actively expanding, military  exercises are underway, military equipment is being purchased, and  military delegations are being exchanged with both NATO and the EU,  which is currently transforming into a militarized structure.

As a reminder, Armenia has been boycotting CSTO events since late  2022. In February 2024, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  stated that Armenia had effectively frozen its participation in the  CSTO, as the organization had failed to fulfill its obligations to  Armenia, which could not go without consequences.  And on September  18, 2024, at the Second Armenian World Summit, Pashinyan declared  that the CSTO poses threats to Armenia's security, its continued  existence, sovereignty, and statehood.