Pashinyan says peace treaty with Azerbaijan will be signed as soon as possible

At yesterday's session of the Armenian government, relations with Azerbaijan were discussed. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said his government is trying to sign the peace treaty with Azerbaijan as soon as possible and is not postponing the process to 2031. He said the document is meant to be signed by that date, and that signing and ratification are part of the government's political course.

Foreign ministers Ceyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan have initialed the agreed text of the agreement on establishing peace and interstate relations. However, the treaty has not yet been signed or ratified, and the question of border delimitation remains unresolved.

Pashinyan also said a new draft constitution will be published soon and public discussions will begin. He did not rule out early elections if no agreement is reached with the opposition. At the IV International Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan's side said it had submitted to Armenia a list of 834 citizens missing from the First Karabakh War. Of 54 people reported dead in places of detention, only 17 bodies have been returned.