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Building Civic Resilience: Challenges and Solutions in Central Europe
12 December 2024
The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (OUBZ) has been struggling for the last few years to maintain a lasting, impactful presence amongst its members. As Russia is the OUBZ security guarantor, this shift signals a larger political change exacerbated for Moscow by the military defeats in Ukraine.
Following Armenian Prime Minister Nikola Pashinyan’s refusal to hold the OUBZ exercise “Unbreakable Brotherhood-2023” on the country’s territory, Russian Foreign Ministry representative Maria Zakharova sharply criticised the Armenian leadership and de facto accused Yerevan of undermining the possibility of resolving the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
According to Zakharova, it was Yerevan’s refusal to hold a meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia in Moscow last December that led to the escalation of the situation in the region.