Armenia has called on the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to take collective steps to ensure the security, territorial integrity, and sovereignty of Armenia within the framework of the CSTO Charter.

The Armenian foreign ministry reports that a special session of the CSTO Permanent Council was held today in Moscow, at the urging of Yerevan, chaired by Armenia’s representative to CSTO Victor Biyagov.

Biyagov described last night’s Azerbaijani attacks a gross violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Armenia, a CSTO member state, and warned the situation may lead to large-scale armed conflict.

He expressed confidence that CSTO mechanisms are able to restrain Azerbaijan.