Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he would regard completing his time as head of government without a signed and ratified peace agreement with Azerbaijan as a personal failure.
Speaking at a news briefing on Oct. 29, Pashinyan described the institutional consolidation of peace as his main political task and said he saw no alternative to that course.
He stressed that the agreement must be not only signed but also ratified. Pashinyan said he intended to work consistently to make the peace process irreversible before the end of his term.
The prime minister also said the peace that has been achieved must be transformed into a long-term system of relations. He described the goal as moving from the current period of stability to peace lasting for decades and centuries.
What Remains Unfinished
Armenia and Azerbaijan initialed an agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations in Washington on Aug. 8, 2025. The document has not yet been formally signed or ratified.
Azerbaijan has linked final signature to the removal of provisions that it regards as territorial claims in Armenia’s constitutional and legal system. Yerevan rejects the claim that its legal framework contains such demands, while also preparing constitutional changes as part of a domestic reform process.
Pashinyan made the remarks at the same briefing where he called the text of Armenia’s 1990 Independence Declaration “anti-state.” The latest statement addressed a separate issue: the political standard by which he intends to judge the outcome of his premiership.
Sources: Vesti Baku; related AZE.US coverage of Pashinyan’s remarks on the Independence Declaration.