Yerevan Takes Azerbaijan’s Invasion Attempt Directly to CSTO | Asbarez.com

The incursion by Azerbaijan into Armenia’s sovereign territory is a direct threat to the security of the region, as well as to CSTO members states, said Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ara Aivazyan on Wednesday while addressing the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s council of foreign ministers underway in Dushanbe, Tajikstan.
After Azerbaijani forces breached Armenia’s border and advanced several kilometers into Armenia, where they have been holding their position pending negotiations, Armenia officially appealed to the CSTO for help in defending one of its member states.

Aivazyan highlighted the security complication created by Azerbaijan’s actions, warning of the security implications for not just the Caucasus, but the entire region, saying a security response by the CSTO has become quite relevant.

While neither the CSTO or Russia, which received a similar call for help from Yerevan, this was the first time since Azerbaijan’s invasion attempts that Yerevan was able to address the situation with leaders of CSTO members states in person...