The situation remains complicated in the South Caucasus, where the West seeks to increase its influence. Andrey Serdyukov, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO, stated this in a briefing, TASS reports. "The situation in the Caucasus region is no less complicated. The high level of disagreements, due primarily to the unsettled territorial issues and the West's desire to increase its influence in Transcaucasia, is of particular concern," said Serdyukov.