We do not want to be part of a non-working mechanism. Ararat Mirzoyan on CSTOWe do not want to be part of a non-working mechanism. Ararat Mirzoyan on CSTO

RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, who was in Qatar on April 28-29, gave an interview to "Al-Jazeera".

During the interview, a question was asked to Mirzoyan: "Is Yerevan at this stage reviewing its relations, alliances, belonging to certain regional or international formats?"

In response, Mirzoyan stated: "You know that there have been several invasions of the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia over the past few years, and we are a member of the CSTO, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, whose mission is to protect the sovereign territories and borders of the member states. So when those intrusions happened, we didn't see proper action from the organization we belong to. And it should also be remembered that the CSTO is a military-political alliance, which, as I said, is meant to protect the borders of the member states. The lack of a proper response raised questions in Armenian society, and we do not want to be part of a dysfunctional mechanism. We are still a member of the CSTO, but we must work so that all the mechanisms that have been defined work, and there is a need for it."