BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 25. Armenia continues its attempts to distance itself from Russia, the report of the US Institute of Military Studies said, Trend reports.
Additionally, it is reported that the most striking example of this is the freezing of official Yerevan's activities within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
“It appears that Yerevan wants to distance itself from Moscow from a political and security perspective,” the report notes.
The report also mentions that official Moscow has begun to openly threaten Armenia for this rhetoric.
“Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recently stated that Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan is trying to drag the South Caucasus into a geopolitical conflict. Lavrov emphasized that Pashinyan is on the wrong track,” the report reads.
To note, CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov stated in an April 24 interview with Izvestia that the security threats Armenia faces must be assessed.
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