Pashinyan officially applies to CSTO Collective Security Council Chairman-in-Office for execution of Article 2

Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan officially applied to the CSTO Collective Security Council’s Chairperson-in-Office, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon to initiate the mechanism of immediately launching emergency consultations for eliminating the danger and coordinating the positions of CSTO member states within the framework of Article 2 of the 1992 May 15 Treaty on Collective Security.

Pashinyan also notified the leaders of the other CSTO member states ofthe situation, ARMENPRESS reports, citing the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia.

On May 12, Azerbaijani military units breached the Armenian state border in an attempt to seize the area of the Sev Lich (Black Lake) in the Syunik Province. The military contingents advanced into the Gegharkunik Province as well. A total of 250 Azeri troops are illegally deployed inside Armenian territory.

Pashinyan later condemned the Azerbaijani troops’ actions as a pre-planned provocation and infringement on Armenian sovereignty.