Armenia has frozen its membership in the CSTO

"Yerevan has frozen its participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) because the pact did not keep its promises regarding Armenia."
This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to France 24.
Armenia's relations with the CSTO, the Russian-led six-nation bloc, have recently turned frosty since Moscow failed to prevent Azerbaijan's blitzkrieg offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh last September despite the presence of Russian peacekeepers on the ground.
The brief war ended the existence of the Yerevan-backed self-proclaimed republic in the region and drove more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians into Armenia.
"The Collective Security Treaty has not fulfilled its goals with regard to Armenia, especially in 2021 and 2022. And we could not let this happen without paying attention," Pashinyan said.
"Now we have practically frozen our participation in this contract. As for what will follow, we have to see," the Prime Minister added.
Armenian officials did not attend the CSTO summit in Minsk last November, nor the parliamentary meeting in Moscow a month later. However, the Caucasian country has not made a firm commitment to fully withdraw from the coalition.
Pashinyan also stated that the topic of ending the Russian military presence in Armenia is not included in the agenda. Russia maintains a military base near the city of Gyumri, as well as an air base not far from Armenia's capital, Yerevan.
The Armenian prime minister has repeatedly accused Moscow of being an unreliable partner and sought to strengthen security ties with other countries, such as France, the United States or India.
Building up the country's defense capacity remains crucial, as Yerevan fears that Azerbaijan could start another war, this time against Armenia itself. Baku rejected these accusations./BGNES