Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will not take part in the meetings of the CSTO Foreign Ministers, which will be held on November 22-23 in Minsk, the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.
Mirzoyan held a telephone conversation with Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergey Aleinik on November 21.
The ministers exchanged views on the Armenian-Belarusian bilateral agenda and also touched upon a set of issues related to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
"Mirzoyan noted he will not be able to participate in a joint meeting of the CSTO foreign and defense ministers and the committee of secretaries of the security councils scheduled for November 22 in Minsk," the statement reads.