CSTO Security Council holds emergency meeting to discuss resumed fighting on Armenian-Azerbaijani border

YEREVAN, September 13, /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired today an emergency meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council, the Armenian government press office reported.

It said the meeting was held in the format of a video conference. It was attended by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the President of Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadir Zhaparov, the Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, the State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich, the Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov.

The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and further steps of the CSTO were discussed. The CSTO Secretariat said it will issue a statement on the adopted decisions.

Earlier today, Armenia appealed to Russia for urgent military intervention invoking the Russian-Armenian Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in response to Azerbaijani aggression against its sovereign territory.

Armenia also requested assistance from the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as well as the UN Security Council.

Prior to that Pashinyan had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide information on heavy fighting that broke out at various sections of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border shortly after midnight.

Pashinyan spoke by phone also with French President Emmanuel Macron and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan also spoke by phone. -0-