Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan referred to the situation in Kazakhstan and the application of that country to the CSTO.

Nikol Pashinyan particularly said, “Based on the application of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and due to the threats to the national security and sovereignty of Kazakhstan caused by also external interference, the CSTO Collective Security Council, in accordance with Article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty, decided to send CSTO collective peacekeeping forces to the Republic of Kazakhstan for a limited period aimed at stabilizing and resolving the situation in that country”.