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By Ani Avetisyan Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signalled that Armenia plans to exit the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) defence pact. During a parliamentary Q&A session on Wednesday, Pashinyan, responding to opposition heckling, confirmed that leaving the CSTO was inevitable but the timing has still to be decided. Pashinyan accused CSTO members of aiding Azerbaijan in its attacks against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Opposition MP Tadevos Avetisyan questioned the government’s role, prompting Pashinyan to assert that Armenian statehood was endangered due…

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