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\n\n Armenian Ambassador to Belarus Ramzik Khumaryan\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (A screengrab of a recent report by the Vitebsk television station)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

June 13, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Armenia has recalled its ambassador from Minsk, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ani Badalyan has said on Facebook without specifying further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move marks a low point in relations strained by the Belarusian leader\u2019s visit to Azerbaijan last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said his country will not send any officials to Belarus as long as Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka is in office, News.am<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remark follows Pashinyan\u2019s announcement that he planned to withdraw Armenia from the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Armenian premier was angered by \u0141uka\u0161enka’s declaration of support for Azerbaijan and his tour of Nagorno-Karabakh, which Azerbaijani forces captured last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A CSTO country leader states that he participated in preparations for the war, encouraged, believed in and wished Azerbaijan’s victory,” Pashinyan said. “After that, am I supposed to meet with the head of Belarus in the CSTO format to discuss something? . . . From now on, I will never go to Belarus again as long as Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka remains president.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yerevan may not pull out of the CSTO if Belarus leaves the bloc or if \u0141uka\u0161enka apologizes to Armenians and explains his actions, Pashinyan noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told Armenia’s MPs yesterday that individual CSTO members had been plotting against Armenia together with Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja welcomed Armenia’s decision to freeze its participation in the Moscow-led military alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This step underscores Armenia’s commitment to its national sovereignty,” she said on X. “The people of Armenia deserve a free, democratic and peaceful future in Europe. I hope for closer cooperation with Armenia.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141uka\u0161enka has betrayed Armenia like he betrayed Ukraine, she said in another post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opposition leader had already announced intentions to boost ties with Armenia as she met Armenian parliamentary speaker Alen Simonyan on the sidelines of a Euronest conference in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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