The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia responded to the statements made by the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, at the last session of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

“We do not consider it appropriate to comment on the insolent statements of the President of Belarus, unrelated to the logic of negotiations and totally against the nature of allied relations and friendship, which call into question the obligations of the member-state signed by himself within the framework of the CSTO,” Foreign Ministry press secretary Vahan Hunanyan told ARMENPRESS.

During the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, Alexander Lukashenko stated that it would not be right to oppose the CSTO to Azerbaijan. “It is not the right thing to raise the question whether the CSTO is with us, or not. Azerbaijan is now headed by absolutely our man, Ilham Aliyev. What will happen tomorrow, he is not forever, no one knows, so these issues should be resolved now,” said the President of Belarus, emphasizing that both Azerbaijan and Armenia are “close” countries for Belarus, and the conflict between the two countries must be settled in an absolutely peaceful way.

 Lukashenko also stated that Belarus will support any decision agreed between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia.