ArmInfo. Resistance Movement members were not allowed to approach the presidential residence at 26 Baghramyan Ave., where the CSTO Foreign Ministers’ Council is holding a meeting. 

The protesters marched from Yerevan’s France Square to the  presidential residence, but police blocked their way. 

Aram Vardevanyan, a member of the opposition parliamentary faction  Armenia, stated that they will inform all international delegations  visiting Armenia that “Armenia’s incumbent and outgoing authorities  have no mandate in this country.” 

“Discussions in the CSTO format are taking place now. It is one of  the few organizations capable of extending a helping hand in case of  threats to any of its members. And Armenia is one of them. And now  let us see the real situation: over a year ago [Azerbaijani] troops  made an incursion into Armenia’s Syunik province. Have Armenia’s  incumbent authorities turned to the CSTO? No. Why? Because they are  incompetent and unwilling to defend Armenia’s interests. So they must  go away,” he said. 

On January 6, when Armenia was CSTO chairing-country, mechanisms were  employed in Kazakhstan. 

“So Armenia’s incumbent authorities could employ mechanisms for  Kazakhstan, but did not do so for Armenia. It is absurd,” he said.