countries – members of the organization of the collective security agreement (CSTO) will be ready if necessary to “substitute the shoulder” of the ally in the Caucasus. So said the chief of the United Staff of the CSTO, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, answering the question of whether the decision of Armenia will affect the teachings of the CSTO at his territory at the work of the organization.
“If suddenly the situation requires attracting the forces and means of the collective security system in the Caucasian region, … There are experience, plans are also developed, and I think that the CSTO members will be ready to substitute the shoulder in the Caucasian region to their ally”, – said Sidorov.