MINSK. Nov 23 (Interfax) - The Kremlin regrets that no Armenian representatives are present at a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit being held on Thursday and hopes that the country is not changing its foreign policy course, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
"We can express our regret about this. The CSTO is continuing its work," Peskov said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin of the VGTRK state radio and TV company, the author of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin TV show, which is available on his Telegram channel.
"The CSTO is interested in Armenia continuing its participation. We hope that Armenia is not changing its foreign policy course and remains our ally and strategic partner both in bilateral terms and in terms of interaction in multilateral formats. We'll keep talking to them," Peskov said.
"Everyone assumes that the conversation with our Armenian friends will continue," he said.
"We expect that they'll be involved in the work more actively at later stages," Peskov said.