The CSTO member states have decided to invoke Article 25 of the organization’s Charter with regard to Armenia, which entails the suspension of its voting rights.
"Decision of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization 'On the application of Article 25 of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization with respect to the Republic of Armenia,'" reads an entry in the list of documents published on the Kremlin’s website.
Article 25 of the CSTO Charter stipulates that if member states fail to fulfill their obligations to settle arrears to the organization’s budget for a period of two years, the Council shall decide to suspend the right of the country in question to nominate candidates for quota-based positions, and to revoke its voting rights until the arrears are paid in full.
Meanwhile, by a decision of the participants in the CSTO summit, Armenia has been stripped of the right to appoint its representatives to key positions within the organization, stated Dmitry Peskov, press secretary to the President of the Russian Federation.
"The topic was raised, and a decision was reached... It was proposed and decided to strip Armenia of the right to appoint its representatives to key positions within the CSTO," Peskov said.
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The CSTO has deprived Armenia of its voting rights in the organization and will no longer allow its representatives to serve in responsible positions in the alliance.
ReplyDeleteThe Collective Security Council adopted the "decision on the application of Article 25 of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization with respect to the Republic of Armenia."
Article 25 prescribes making a decision "to suspend the right to nominate citizens for quota positions within the organization, as well as to deprive them of the right to vote" in the event of failure to fulfill "obligations to repay the organization’s budget debt for two years."
Under the charter, Armenia will be able to regain its rights in the CSTO if it "fully repays the debt." Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly said he wants to freeze the country’s membership in the organization. However, having stopped making contributions to the CSTO budget, Armenia has not taken any active steps to withdraw or, on the contrary, resume its activities.