For the fourth time, Armenia has refused to participate in the exercises of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which will be held from August 14 to 16 in Novosibirsk, Russia. This is reported by the Moscow Times, reports UNN.
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"Armenia will miss the CSTO cobalt 2024 exercise in Novosibirsk. The Rosgvardiya announcement says that the maneuvers will be held under the leadership of the service from August 14 to 16, and representatives of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will take part in them, who will exchange best practices and improve the skills of interaction between Special Forces units
It is noted that the exercise will work out a scenario for the search, detection and destruction of illegal armed groups; they will rehearse the Storming of buildings and vehicles using aviation and drones, as well as the release of hostages and the neutralization of militants.
Armenia is not on the list of participants, and no official comments have been received from Yerevan yet.
recall
In June, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking in Parliament, admitted that Yerevan may withdraw from the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) due to the organization's failure to fulfill its obligations.
In January last year, Armenia declared that it was inappropriate to conduct CSTO exercises on its territory .