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Armenia postpones joint drills with Russian forces
Summary
A retrospective on Yerevan's announcement that planned exercises under the Collective Security Treaty Organization would not go ahead that year.
What did it mean when a Russian ally put off military exercises with Moscow? On 10 January 2023, Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan announced the postponement of joint exercises with the Russian Armed Forces planned under the Collective Security Treaty Organization for that year.
He gave a specific reason: the organization had refused to condemn Azerbaijan over the disputes between Yerevan and Baku, which form part of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The announcement placed the strain in Armenia–Russia relations in public view. Armenia was a member of the security bloc, and the exercises would have been held within its framework.
A separate Russian announcement
A few days earlier, on 5 January 2023, Russian president Vladimir Putin had announced a unilateral ceasefire for 6–7 January, tied to Christmas on the Julian calendar. The announcement followed a proposal from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow.
