Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to the witnesses for being here.
I'd like to start off with a question about Armenia and its relationship with Russia.
Armenia hosts a Russian base and is also part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which is basically a pact that's similar to NATO. It's among Russia, Armenia and other countries, and it says that when one of them is attacked, it's as if all of them are attacked.
Can you talk about the way in which Russia is or isn't committed to Armenia's sovereignty vis-Ă -vis the military base and this pact?