Lavrov said Armenia has not paid contributions to the CSTO budget since 2024

Following the meeting of the foreign ministers, defense chiefs and secretaries of security councils of the CSTO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Yerevan has not been paying membership fees since 2024. The question of limiting Armenia's rights was planned to be considered on November 11 in Moscow.

Aziz KarimovFirst published on tafs uz 10 November 2026 at 17:382 min read

The key facts

Sergey Lavrov said Armenia has not been paying contributions to the CSTO budget since 2024
Yerevan suspended its participation in the organization's work in 2024
The Armenian parliament stated there were no initiatives to leave the CSTO

Armenia's debt to the CSTO

The member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization discussed Armenia's failure to fulfill its obligations to pay membership fees. Speaking after the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Council of Ministers of Defense and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils of the CSTO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. According to him, Yerevan has not been transferring contributions to the organization's budget since 2024, while the minister stressed that on this issue there 'can be no double interpretation' (Life.ru).

Yerevan's status in the organization

As Life.ru notes, Armenia suspended its participation in the CSTO's work in 2024 and at the same time stopped paying membership fees. At the same time, the Armenian parliament stated that there were no initiatives for the republic to leave the organization. The question of possibly limiting Armenia's rights due to the debt was planned to be considered at the session of the Collective Security Council on November 11 in Moscow.

What remains unclear

The publications do not indicate what decision was made on Armenia at the session of the Collective Security Council: sources only report that this issue was planned to be considered on November 11. Neither the amount of the debt nor the specific mechanism of limiting rights that was discussed within the organization has been disclosed.