Historian hails Armenian President’s speech at CSTO meeting![]() December 22, 2012 - 15:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 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. ![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |