Armenian PM voices concern over Moscow-led security agreement.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan criticized the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Moscow-dominated security alliance, for failing to protect Armenia amid a standoff with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. Pashinyan emphasized the high threat of escalation along Armenia's border and in Nagorno-Karabakh due to increasingly aggressive rhetoric from Azerbaijan. Armenia has canceled a planned military exercise by CSTO members and refrained from naming its representative to the bloc's leadership. Pashinyan also expressed his irritation with Moscow and welcomed other countries, such as the United States and Germany, to help broker peace talks with Azerbaijan.