Armenia refused to participate in the exercises of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to be held in Kazakhstan.

APA reports that this was stated in the information of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia.

It was noted that taking into account the situation on the Azerbaijan-Armenia border, it was decided to refuse the participation of the units of the Armenian armed forces in the exercises of the CSTO to be held in Kazakhstan.

It should be noted that the training of the rapid reaction forces of the CSTO is planned to be held in Kazakhstan from September 26 to October 8.