Armenia refused to support two statements adopted at the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), held in Moscow.
OC Media reports about this, as “European Truth” writes.
On Monday, the meeting was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan.
The same evening, the spokesperson of the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced that Armenia did not join the two statements made earlier that day. He did not provide any details of such a decision.
The first statement was about the principles of cooperation in ensuring security in Eurasia.
The second statement – on the inadmissibility of unilateral restrictive measures in international relations – recommended that member states refrain from adopting, expanding or applying such measures.
The adoption of the second statement took place against the background of Western sanctions applied to Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In addition to adopting these two statements, the foreign ministers of the CIS member countries exchanged views on current issues of the international agenda and approved some action plans. They also decided to hold the next meeting of the Council of Ministers on 11 April 2025 in Kazakhstan.
During the meeting, Mirzoyan highlighted regional stability and security issues related to Armenia. He touched on the key recent events regarding the settlement of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, particularly the signing of the peace treaty.
The meeting of foreign ministers took place on the eve of the meeting of the leaders of the CIS countries, which took place on Tuesday.
Tensions in relations between Armenia and Russia have increased since 2022, when Armenia boycotted most meetings of the CIS and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Still maintaining its frozen status in the CSTO, Armenia, in September, confirmed its participation in the BRICS summit this October and another CIS summit in Moscow next year.
Recently, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, stated that Yerevan has too many questions for the Collective Security Treaty Organization controlled by the Russian Federation and sees reasons to consider it a threat to Armenian statehood.
He also did not rule out that Armenia would take a course to join the EU if it saw real chances for it.
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