Pashinyan at the Paris Peace Forum, then Antalya: the CSTO summit in Moscow will go ahead without him
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Summary
Nikol Pashinyan is attending the ninth Paris Peace Forum at the Palais de Chaillot on Tuesday, 10 November. Armenia’s prime minister left Yerevan on Monday evening for a working visit to France, his spokesperson Melanya Harutyunyan announced. Arriving in Paris on Tuesday, he was greeted by Armenia’s ambassador to France, Arman Khachatryan. He is listed among the speakers announced by the organisers, as is Emmanuel Macron. The forum, held on 10 and 11 November, is themed “From Sovereignty to Cooperation”. On Wednesday, 11 November, Pashinyan will be in Antalya, Turkey, for the COP31 leaders’ summit. He will therefore not be in Moscow, where the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) meets the same day, chaired by Vladimir Putin. His spokesperson confirmed the choice.
Analysis
The absence from Moscow is no improvisation. On 7 November, Pashinyan warned that taking part in the CSTO summit could create “a mistaken impression”: the bloc has still not said an attack on which territory it would treat as aggression against Armenia. Yerevan froze its participation in February 2024. Moscow now talks of suspending Armenia’s voting rights over unpaid dues. Paris, Antalya, Moscow: over three days, the prime minister’s schedule shows where he wants to be seen.
Possible consequences
The Moscow summit will show whether Armenia’s voting rights are suspended. In November 2019, Pashinyan attended the Paris Peace Forum, where he held talks with Emmanuel Macron.
