The issue of depriving Armenia of voting rights in the CSTO will be resolved through consensus, Vasiliev stated.
04-08-2026 11:09 Ռուսաստան Politics
Sputnik. The issue of Armenia's voting rights in the CSTO may be discussed at the summit scheduled for November 11.
A decision to potentially deprive Armenia of its voting rights in CSTO bodies can only be made through the consensus of the member states of the organization. This was stated to RIA Novosti by Viktor Vasiliev, the permanent representative of Russia to the CSTO.
«The next session of the CSTO Collective Security Council will take place in Moscow on November 11, and the leaders of the states will likely discuss this issue. If necessary, a decision will be made through consensus,» Vasiliev said.
The Russian permanent representative clarified that Article 25 of the CSTO Charter provides for the right of a state to nominate its citizens to quota positions in the organization's bodies, as well as the possibility of suspending voting rights if the country fails to fulfill its obligations related to the CSTO budget contributions for more than two years.
Vasiliev stated that such a situation has already effectively arisen.
«De facto, this situation has existed for more than two years, as Armenia has not nominated its citizens for quota positions in the secretariat and has also recalled its representatives from the CSTO Joint Staff,» he noted.
Armenia announced the "freezing" of its participation in the CSTO in February 2024. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan explained this by stating that, in Yerevan's opinion, the allies did not fulfill their obligations towards Armenia under the Collective Security Treaty in 2021-2022.
In June, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the CSTO would discuss the application of the article of the charter that regulates measures against states that fail to fulfill their obligations due to Armenia's non-payment of membership fees.
The CSTO members are Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
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