Head of the Joint Staff: CSTO forces are ready to help Armenia if there is a need for it
ArmInfo. CSTO forces are ready to help Armenia if there is a need for it. On October 7, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, head of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), said at the Bagramyan training ground on the fields of the "Search- 2017" exercises
"We know what is Armenia's pain- a conflict that cannot be resolved peacefully to the end. As for the CSTO, in accordance with the charter and legal documents, CSTO forces are designed to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a member of the organization. This is carried out at the request of the state and by decision of the Collective Security Council. If God forbid that one of the states needs help, the CSTO forces, and more than they are involved in the exercises, will be ready to come and help to solve the task set by the CSC(Collective Security Council). In this there should be no doubt, " said Sidorov.
At the same time, he added that more than 20,000 highly trained servicemen serving in special forces, mountain-troop, assault and assault divisions are available to the CSTO CRRF, which in a short time can respond and fulfill any tasks set. "Knowing your pain, I will say that I hope it will not come to this, but CSTO forces are ready to help Armenia," Anatoly Sidorov repeated.
Commenting on the possibility of participation of the CSTO forces in internal conflicts, he noted that the participation of the troops of the Organization in internal matters is not provided. "In certain circles and the media, there is sometimes an opinion that participation in the CSTO is kind of infringing on sovereignty. This is not true. Everything is done collectively when a consensus is reached. Decisions are made by all participants of the Organization. For example, if Armenia did not want to conduct exercises on its territory, no one would force it. While this was not. All member states accept the teachings with full approval, "he concluded.