The CSTO considers the conflict potential on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan high. The conclusion of a peace agreement will remain important in the further settlement of the situation.

Earlier, the Azerbaijani border service announced a military operation. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, in turn, said that the army was ordered not to succumb to provocations on theborder with Azerbaijan. The CSTO Joint Staff is made up of countries from the South Caucasus, Central Asia and the Caucasus.