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Armenia boycotts CIS meeting once again

21 June 2024 13:12 (UTC +04:00)

Armenia once again boycotted an event of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), APA’s Russia bureau reports.

Armenia refused to send a high-level delegation to the 102nd session of the Economic Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Thus, the official Yerevan has sent Armenian ambassador to Belarus Razmik Khumaryan to the 102nd meeting of the CIS Economic Council held in the "President" hotel.

Usually, Deputy Prime Minister Mger Grigoryan represented Armenia at the meeting of the CIS Economic Council. This time, Yerevan was content to send Armenian ambassador to Belarus to the event.

Note that the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyyubov is representing Azerbaijan in the 102nd meeting of the CIS Economic Council. Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Alexei Overchuk is participating on Russia’s side.

Recall that Armenia has been refusing to participate in CIS and Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) events for some time. The Official Yerevan refused to send a high-level delegation to the 100th anniversary meeting of the CIS Economic Council held on December 8 last year and 101st meeting held on March 29. At those events, Armenia was represented by the ambassador to Belarus.

Armenia also boycotted the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CSTO held in Almaty, Kazakhstan today.