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The Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has no provision banning arms sales to a non-CSTO country engaged in a conflict with a member state of the organization, Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan told lawmakers on Tuesday.

His comments came in response to a question of MP Mikayel Melkumyan about the possible restrictions to be imposed on weapon sales of Russia and Belarus to Azerbaijan.

In the meantime, Kocharyan said there is a CSTO clause allowing its member states to acquire the same weapons at lower prices than non-CSTO countries and Armenia makes use of it.

“We have such a provision both with Russia and within the framework of the CSTO,” he said, adding Armenia buys weapons from Russia at much more affordable prices that the third countries.