Armenia's pivot to the West may render joint efforts to set up a common defense space with Russia and other members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) impossible, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told TASS in an interview, APA reports.
According to him, Yerevan is trying "to take advantage of a situation where the West is showing a strong interest in boosting cooperation, including in the security sphere."
"However, reckless decisions that would give Westerners full access to national databases, or information that is sensitive to the country’s security, not only pose a threat to the state’s sovereignty, but may also render a return to joint efforts to build a common defense space with Russia and other CSTO allies impossible for objective reasons," the senior Russian diplomat stressed.