Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 9
Trend:
Belarus has made its choice and the ideas of excluding it from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are groundless, Interfax agency reported citing the Belarusian Foreign Ministry Feb. 9.
“The participation or non-participation in the CSTO is voluntary, Belarus has made its choice,” Dmitry Mironchik, spokesman for the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, said.
Earlier, Vahram Baghdasaryan, head of the parliamentary faction of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, said that Belarus should be excluded from the CSTO.
"This is not the first time when Belarus demonstrates a biased attitude towards the Armenian side,” he added, while commenting on the extradition of blogger Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan.