"Fact" daily writes:
The fact that Pashinyan and his government are hostile to the CSTO is not news. There have been many manifestations of this in the past 7 years of Pashinyan's rule. Even now, as is known, the RA-CSTO relations are kept by Pashinyan and his CP in a "freezer".
In general, Pashinyan's urges to "jump" from the CSTO remind someone who opened the spare door of an airplane at an altitude of 10,000 meters, holding onto the edges with both hands, standing and threatening to jump down, but... he doesn't have a "parachute". By the way, about "jumping". A few days ago, one of the key figures in Pashinyan's government announced that Armenia has actually left the CSTO, but continues to maintain its membership out of expediency. Question: if it is "actually out" then what is "suitability"? But on the other hand, Mnatsakan Safaryan, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Pashinyan's government, declares that there is no issue of official withdrawal from CSTO on the agenda.
Question: Is it a game to do "inside" with such organizations, what is it? In general, what did he say, "officially come out"? Do they come out unofficially? Kindergarten? The CSTO is a collective security organization, to which Armenia's membership directly derives from the security interests of our country and people.
And the whole problem, yes, is "not having a parachute". In the sense that it is clearly visible, the West, NATO or any other structure has nothing to offer to Armenia in terms of security support. CSTO remains, first of all, of course, Russia. And under these conditions, playing games like this is a direct adventure. In that sense, it is difficult to disagree with the observations of political scientist Suren Surenyants that no western partner has presented and cannot present clear military guarantees or a defense mechanism in the form of an international treaty.
However, Russia and the CSTO continue to be the only real institutional, documented guarantors of Armenia's security. On the other hand, Pashinyan can't stop and openly declare that Turkey and Azerbaijan are the guarantors of Armenia's security? Still can't. In case of re-election (if that "salto-mortale" works for him), yes, he will say. It will not even need to be announced, it will be implemented directly.
As for what will be left of Armenia... under the Turkish guarantee, it is better not to elaborate. And with all this, the question arises why Pashinyan continues to threaten to jump off the CSTO plane, when everyone has long noticed that he is without a "parachute".
