The Second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, rules out that the Collective Security Treaty Organization will intervene in case of an attack on Armenia, but considers it necessary to stay in the organization.

At a press conference on February 17, Kocharyan noted that the CSTO has three main directions: Russia-Belarus (Western direction), Russia-Armenia (South Caucasus direction) and Russia-Central Asian countries. According to Kocharyan, the security threats were different in these three directions, in many cases unrelated to each other.

"But all this was summarized in one organization, because Russia had the central role, and Russia was very sensitive to all these threats," Kocharyan said.

The Second President, assessing the situation of Armenia in the context of the CSTO, noted that Armenia has a serious threat of attack from two countries -Turkey and Azerbaijan, but these two countries have warmer relations with other CSTO member countries, except Russia, and more extensive relations in all spheres, and the Turkic-speaking countries are even part of another organization with Turkey and Azerbaijan.

"Therefore, it would be naive to think that the CSTO could react in any way to an attack on us. It's just out of the question. And it's not that the CSTO is a dead structure, and it doesn't work. It works well where everyone's interests coincide. And worked in the case of Kazakhstan. This is a fact, and we just have to reckon with this fact. Do we need to stay in the CSTO or not? Of course, we need to stay. Firstly, there is no structure that will replace the CSTO, and secondly, there are many agreements within this organization, our cooperation with Russia in the military sphere is regulated to some extent. We need to stay, cooperate, but from the point of view of security not to have hopes," Kocharyan said.