Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan today formally addressed the current Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon to coordinate the positions of the CSTO member states under Article 2 of the Collective Security Treaty of 15 May, 1992, to launch the mechanism of joint consultations for the purpose of coordination the positions of Member States, develop and take measures for assistance to such Member States for the purpose of elimination of the arisen menace.

The Information and Public Relations Department of the Prime Minister’s Office reported.

“Acting Prime Minister of Armenia sent letters to the leaders of other CSTO member states with detailed information on the situation, as well as on the current situation,” the statement reads.

It should be reminded that on 12 May, some groups of servicemen of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces crossed the state border of Armenia and took actions to enclose Sev Lich (Black Lake). The Armenian Armed Forces carried out tactical counterattacks.

The Azeris located in some adjacent areas left the occupied territories as a result of tactical counterattacks of the Armenian armed forces. No case of application of firearms or other weapons has been registered by the Armenian or Azerbaijani armed forces so far. At the same time, about 250 members of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces continue to be inside the state borders of the Republic of Armenia in some parts of Syunik and Gegharkunik regions.