Historian Gevorg Melkonyan commented on Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement issued during the CSTO meeting.

“Armenia is a CSTO member-state and the military alliance must protect Yerevan’s interests. Meanwhile, CSTO member countries’ attempts were aimed at supporting Baku at UN meeting in October,” he said, deeming President’s Sargsyan’s message at the meeting as proper.

He further stressed the need for the alliance to offer economic and political support to Armenia, besides military assistance.