The regular session of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held in Yerevan under the chairmanship of  RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. First, the meeting and video recording ceremonies of the leaders of the states took place, then the leaders of Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan discussed the issues included in the agenda in a small session.

"The fact that danger of Azerbaijan's new aggression against Armenia's territorial integrity remains, on October 28, CSTO General Secretary Stanislav Vasilii Zas announced at the extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council. In these conditions, the lack of a clear political assessment of the situation and failure to implement the above-mentioned decision may mean not only CSTO's refusal of alliance obligations, but also be interpreted by Azerbaijan as CSTO's green light for further aggression against Armenia.

And this contradicts the spirit and meaning of the fundamental documents of the CSTO. Therefore, based on this, dear colleagues, at this moment I think that the draft "On the declaration of the CSTO Collective Security Council and joint measures to provide assistance to the Republic of Armenia" presented for signing has not been sufficiently finalized, and in this form, with all due respect, I am not ready to sign these documents," Pashinyan mentioned in his speech.