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"I am not ruling out that Armenia will take a decision to withdraw from the CSTO," if the bloc fails to respect its treaty obligations, he told a news conference in Yerevan.

Locked in a decades-long territorial conflict, the Caucasus neighbours have been seeking to negotiate a peace agreement with the help of the European Union and United States.

"We began discussing security issues with our Western partners because we see that the security system in the region is not working," Pashinyan said on Monday.

Armenia Might Quit Russia-led Military Bloc: PM | Barron's (barrons.com)