CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas considers the use of force unacceptable and is convinced that exclusively political-diplomatic methods should be used to resolve disagreements.
In addition, Zas welcomed Russia’s efforts aimed at stabilizing the situation in the region.
This was essentially the CSTO Secretary General’s response to the initiative of the acting Prime Minister of Armenia to deploy CSTO observers on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Incidentally, in September Armenia is to assume the presidency of this organization.
The Kremlin has not commented on the idea of acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to deploy Russian border guards along the entire length of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. This was announced to journalists today by Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
“Contacts with Yerevan are continuing, I have nothing to add,” Peskov said in response to a question about how the Kremlin views Pashinyan’s initiative, instead stressing that Russia is making great efforts to restore the ceasefire regime on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
In addition to Peskov, Leonid Kalashnikov, head of the State Duma committee on CIS affairs, known for his pro-Azerbaijani statements, also responded to Pashinyan’s proposal today. The State Duma deputy hinted that the CSTO is unlikely to agree to send observers to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, noting that Armenia is a CSTO member and Pashinyan understands the position of the organization’s member states. According to the deputy, the issue is very complex and must first be resolved by the three leaders — Putin, Aliyev and Pashinyan.
Moscow is closely following the developments taking place on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Yesterday the Russian president convened a meeting of the Security Council, during which the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border was also discussed.
