There has been no comment from the CSTO or Russia. There was a difficulty with the disintegration of the RA at the time. Nikol Pashinyan

RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in an interview with Public Radio, referred to the statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin that it was Armenia that renounced Nagorno Karabakh and accepted Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, and surprisingly, without informing Russia about it.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan presented the events that happened after 2020, stressing that there was zero response from CSTO and Russia. "When in November and December 2020 the President of the Russian Federation announced that Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan, those announcements are public, those announcements are still on social networks today, if I am not mistaken in the video version, I believe that the Russian Federation is preparing such an announcement to do, I learned from the press. This is November and December 2020.

And that statement, in my understanding, contradicted the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020. Next, in 2021, the events of Sotk-Khoznavar took place, Azerbaijan invaded the territory of the Republic of Armenia, we naturally appealed to the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Russian Federation on this issue, moreover, separately with the CSTO, we have a different legal treaty base with Russia. : Zero response.

Moreover, I want to draw your attention to the events of Sotk-Khoznavar. I resigned at that time, the National Assembly was dissolved and elections were scheduled for June 20, that is, if I am not mistaken, my resignation came into effect on May 10 or 11. After that, or during those days, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia visited Armenia, went from Yerevan to Baku, and from Baku to Moscow. I just say the chronology without meaning anything. And Sotk-Khoznavar took place. There was a high probability that the Armenian government would react differently, as a result of which elections would not take place in Armenia, which would actually mean the dissolution of the Republic of Armenia.

We understand its political consequences, don't we?" he said.

Pashinyan noted that at that time they were accused a lot that they were not doing it, but they understood that the issue of dissolution of the Republic of Armenia was set. "Zero reaction from CSTO and zero reaction from Russia. Moreover, even then our opposition said that you did not apply well, instead of this article they applied with another article, that's why there was no reaction," the Prime Minister said.

He also referred to the accusation that the Armenian army did not fight, why should the CSTO fight, and reminded that the events of November 2021 took place after that. "At that time, the Armenian army fought. Again zero response from CSTO and Russia, after which a declaration was signed between Russia and Azerbaijan in February 2022, which said the following: Relations between Azerbaijan and Russia are raised to a strategic level on the basis of recognizing each other's territorial integrity and inviolability of borders. At the same time, the parties undertake not to perform such actions, which, according to the interpretation of the other party, contradict their national interests. After that, the Parukh events took place in Nagorno-Karabakh. Zero response from Russian peacekeepers. After which, in 2022, by the way, the following happens: the special representative of the Russian Foreign Minister Khovaev comes to the region with proposals. And among those proposals is the following: let's postpone the issue of the status of Nagorno Karabakh. We say we agree. Khovaev hands over that document to us in August and goes to Baku to hand over that document.

The next time Khovaev will come to the region on September 11 or 12, 2022. He goes to Baku first. By the way, we say we agree. Notwithstanding these precedents, if such a proposal is made, we agree with this proposal. Azerbaijan rejects that proposal. This is unofficial, and to get an official answer, Khovaev is coming to the region on September 11 or 12, 2022. First he goes to Baku and then he comes to Yerevan. In other words, when Khovaev arrives in the Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan attacks Armenia. Again zero response from Russia despite our official requests and zero response from CSTO. Moreover, when I say zero response, I do not mean that the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not comment on the situation, isn't it clear that when I say response, I mean a response regarding the support for security provided by the agreements?

And in 2022 Based on the Alma-Ata declaration on October 6, we record our readiness to go to peace with Azerbaijan. And we record that between Armenia and Azerbaijan, what Russia recorded between itself and Azerbaijan, that is, the reaffirmation of the provisions of the Alma-Ata Declaration took place. And that was the only way to reaffirm the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia. Was I able to describe the cause and effect relationships?

In other words, essentially, what was the problem with the CSTO, it turned out what was the problem with the Collective Security Treaty Organization, because they say: let us come, let them be observers. We say: if observers come, what should they do? The answer is no.

And secondly, we say fix the Collective Security Treaty zone of responsibility. The Republic of Armenia is a member of the CSTO, right? The Republic of Armenia is a zone of responsibility of the CSTO, fix it, what is that zone of responsibility, because we have a situation where that zone of responsibility has been violated, and we did not propose this perception. The basis of our agreements was that the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia is a red line for the CSTO and the Russian Federation. We say the red line has been violated, they say no, as if the red line has not been violated. We say: very good, this paper, this pen - draw the red line you said where does it pass? Moreover, we say that if you do not agree with our interpretation, there is no problem, you draw that red line with your hand, let's understand where that red line passes. They say we can't draw that red line. It means that you don't have a red line in Armenia, what should you do when you come to Armenia?" said Nikol Pashinyan.