Kremlin: Russia expects Armenia to continue work in CSTO

The Russian side counts on Armenia's continued work within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and regrets that the Armenian side will not be represented at a high level at the organization's summit in Minsk on November 23, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, TASS reported.

"Certainly, we regret that there will be no high-level participation of Armenia at tomorrow's summit. We hope that there will be participation at the working, expert level. But, of course, we expect Armenia to continue its work within the framework of the organization," Peskov said.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced last week that he would not be taking part in the CSTO summit in Minsk.