Posted on 06/16/2024 1:46:53 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — The leader of Armenia on Wednesday declared his intention to pull out of a Russia-dominated security alliance of several ex-Soviet nations as tensions rise between the two allies.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said his government will decide later when to leave the Collective Security Treaty Organization, or CSTO, a grouping that includes Russia and the former Soviet Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Amid the widening rift with Russia, Armenia earlier froze its participation in the alliance, canceled its involvement in joint military drills and snubbed CSTO summits.
Pashinyan said Wednesday for the first time that Armenia will leave CSTO altogether. He spoke during a question-and-answer session in parliament, saying that the government will decide later when to make the final move.
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Armenian authorities accused Russian peacekeepers who were deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh after a previous round of hostilities in 2020 of failing to stop Azerbaijan’s onslaught. Moscow, which has a military base in Armenia, rejected the accusations, arguing that its troops didn’t have a mandate to intervene.
Speaking to lawmakers Wednesday, Pashinyan denounced the CSTO for its failure to offer protection to Armenia and alleged that some of its members sided with Azerbaijan.
“It turned out that its members failed to fulfill their obligations under the treaty and planned the war against us alongside Azerbaijan,” he said, without elaborating.
Russia has engaged in a delicate balancing act, trying to preserve close relations with Armenia while also maintaining warm ties with Azerbaijan and its main ally Turkey, a key economic partner for Moscow amid Western sanctions.
The Kremlin has been angered by Pashinyan’s......decision to join the International Criminal Court, which last year indicted Putin for alleged war crimes connected to Russian actions in Ukraine.
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Global Giving is a HUGE NGO there.
Not exactly a neocon operation, Global Giving.
“Not exactly a neocon operation, Global Giving.”
That’s your opinion. But the results will be the same - get in bed with the Neocons, they’ll simply end up like Ukraine, and Russia, again, will come out stronger.
Huge? Global Giving distributed $8,216,193 in "Russia and Neighboring States" in 2022. That includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. They don't even have an office in the region. That's from their most recent IRS form 990 posted online. That's pocket change.
“That’s pocket change.”
Perhaps to you...but we probably spent less on overthrowing the Ukrainian government and DEFINITELY spent less bribing a handful of MPs to overthrow Pakistan’s government.
So a “neocon”, to you Putin-bots, is anyone that refuses to give in to Russia’s intimidation
Got it!
BotL's all purpose lie for every occasion is "the neocons did it."
Go on BotL call me on that, I'll post a link to you blaming the violence in Burma on neocons.
“So a “neocon”, to you Putin-bots”
I understand your anger, losing both Ukraine and Georgia this year, and likely losing Armenia next year. Perhaps it’s time to tell your friends to STOP trying these idiotic stunts as the rest of the world is now on to them.
“Well, you can’t fix stupid, and the Armenian leader seems to have cornered the market on that.”
And the thing is, he is DESPISED by his people, so they’ll likely appreciate the inevitable result - liberation by Russia.
Shut it, Hunka.
“Ah, so that’s what the Putlerists call an invasion of a sovereign nation?”
“Sovereign Nation” - LOL. How ‘sovereign’ is a country that is infested with US Biolabs and CIA bases, as was the case in Ukraine?
Um, we’re talking about Armenia here. Why bring your tired old propaganda talking points into this, Vatnik? Is THAT all you’ve got? Sickening AND pathetic.
Because Neocon will Neocon. But too bad, most of the world is getting wise to their crap, and they will again be SPANKED when they try to set up a NATO base on Iran’s border.
Spare me, Vatnik. You’re grasping at straws. Russia and its ally Iran are evil and you are their minion.
So, what’s the hold up then? What makes anytime other than right now the better time?
The greatest trick the Devil ever played on humanity was to convince everyone that the Neocons did everything he was ever accused of.
Anyone seen Victoria “color revolution” Nuland?
Russia has important military bases in Armenia based on agreements renewed in 2010, with options to extend through 2060.
It appears that the renewal in 2010 extended the agreement through 2044. As stated in the 2010 article, Russia is not about to leave anytime soon.
IN THE MEDIAThe Wider Implications of the Russian-Armenian Defense Deal
By Dmitri Trenin and Andrei Trenin
published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on August 24, 2010CARNEGIE RUSSIA EURASIA CENTER
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Russia is signaling it is not about to leave anytime soon. The treaty with Armenia has been extended through 2044. This is becoming a trend: earlier this year, Ukraine agreed to host the Russian Black Sea Fleet through 2042. Russian strategists are beginning again to think in the long term.
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