Internal Discord in CSTO May Be Pushing Armenia to Leave Russia-Led Alliance (By Eduard Abrahamyan)

Internal Discord in CSTO May Be Pushing Armenia to Leave Russia-Led Alliance (By Eduard Abrahamyan)

The issue of naming a new secretary general of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has become another bone of contention between supposed allies Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The alliance’s heretofore formal head, General Yuri Khachaturov, a former chief of the General

Armenia-Belarus Friction Gaining Momentum (By Eduard Abrahamyan)

Armenia-Belarus Friction Gaining Momentum (By Eduard Abrahamyan)

  Amidst intensifying tensions with Russia (see EDM, February 6, 14), Belarus’s relations with another erstwhile ally, Armenia, are also deteriorating. Even though, Armenia and Belarus are both members of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) military alliance, their bilateral relationship is