Peace is Armenia’s only reliable guarantee of security, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said in comments in Dublin, where he also commented that the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) alliance had failed to fulfil its obligations towards Yerevan.
“From our perspective, there can be one reliable security guarantee: peace,” Pashinyan told an audience at international affairs think tank, the Institute of International and European Affairs, according to Armenian state news agency, Armenpress.
Pashinyan said his government was concentrating on building upon peace agreed with Azerbaijan at a summit hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump in August 2025.
“That is why we are now focused on peace with Azerbaijan, in order to further strengthen and institutionalise the peace that has already been established,” Pashinyan said.
He added that the CSTO had failed to honour its security commitments during Azerbaijan’s military operation in Garbagh in 2022.
“This meant the collapse of our understanding of the security provided by the CSTO,” Pashinyan said.
Armenia formally froze its participation in the alliance in 2024 and has not paid membership fees since.
The CSTO was established in 2022, building on a 1992 collective security treaty between former Soviet states. Its members are Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Armenia.
On Wednesday (11 November), the CSTO stripped Armenia of its voting rights for failing to pay membership fees for more than two years.
CSTO Secretary-General Taalatbek Masadykov said the decision didn’t mean Armenia’s membership had been cancelled.
“As soon as it decides to settle its dues, Armenia can be reinstated.” Masadykov said.
In Dublin, Pashinyan stressed he had no intention of loosening ties with Russia, announcing three scheduled visits to the country for talks in December.
“I have been to the European Union three times. In December, I will be in Russia three times – three visits,” he said, according to Armenpress.
“Our goal is not to undermine our relations with Russia. We do not want to create problems for Russia,” Pashinyan added.
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