The key issue in the context of the Karabakh settlement is the status  of Nagorno Karabakh: Pashinyan

ArmInfo. The key issue in the context of the Karabakh settlement is the status of Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on June 10 at a meeting with the Foreign Ministers of the member countries of the Collective  Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and Secretary General of the  Organization Stanislav Zas.

As the press service of the RA PM reports, "during the meeting with  the CSTO Foreign Ministers, the Prime Minister of Armenia referred to  the current regional situation, speaking about the activities of the  Armenia-Azerbaijan Delimitation and Border Security Commission, the  opening of regional communication routes, the return of Armenian  prisoners of war, hostages and other civilians being kept in  Azerbaijan till now. In this context, Nikol Pashinyan highlighted the  support of the international community.

The Prime Minister emphasized that Armenia is interested in  unblocking regional communications, and all the roads that will be  opened will operate under the sovereignty of the countries through  which they pass.  There can be no "corridor" logic, and this  perception is shared by everyone. In the context of the settlement of  the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Nikol Pashinyan emphasized the issue  of the status of Nagorno Karabakh, stressing that the conflict should  be settled peacefully within the framework of the format of OSCE  Minsk Group Co-chairs.

The Prime Minister of Armenia noticed that the issue of the incursion  of Azerbaijani troops into the sovereign territory of Armenia since  May 2021 still remains open, in connection with which Armenia applied  to the CSTO. In this context, the sides exchanged views on the  improvement of CSTO monitoring and rapid response mechanisms, which  will increase the effectiveness of the organization in meeting the  security challenges of the member states."

On June 10, in Yerevan, under the chairmanship of the Minister of  Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, a meeting  of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the member countries of the  Collective Security Treaty Organization is being held. The agenda  includes issues of international and regional security, strengthening  the CSTO crisis response mechanisms.