He stated this in a conversation with Lenta.ru.
“I think that this is happening under pressure from Western countries, primarily France,” the publication’s interlocutor said.
Chepa added that another reason for Yerevan’s freezing of membership in the CSTO can be called Armenia’s attempt to divert attention from the failed policy of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with France 24 that Yerevan had frozen its participation in the CSTO.
After this, the secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) reported that they had not received Yerevan’s applications for the suspension of membership in the CSTO.