Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that there will be no war between his country and Azerbaijan, "despite provocations".
„And I believe, ladies and gentlemen, that despite all the disputes, all the provocations, etc., there will be no war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. There will be peace and this seems extremely obvious to me", he said at the international forum "Yerevan Dialogue".
Pashinyan noted that Yerevan is committed to a peace agenda. "We are ready to continue consultations with Azerbaijan on how to approach the signing of a peace treaty and other documents that will completely change the situation and fate of the peoples of our region", he stressed. - We will do everything in our power."
On March 13, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced that the text of the peace treaty with Azerbaijan had been agreed upon by both sides and Yerevan was ready to discuss proposals regarding the place and time for signing the document. Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Ayhan Hajizadeh said that the agreement could be concluded if a number of conditions were met, including a cessation of shelling along the border and amendments to the Armenian constitution that would exclude territorial claims against Baku. In addition, Baku is demanding the formal abolition of the OSCE Minsk Group, which Azerbaijan considers an outdated structure.
Yerevan rejects Baku's accusations. At the same time, the main opposition political forces in Armenia called the preparation of the agreement “a capitulation to the Pashinyan regime“. Armenia and Azerbaijan have not yet published an agreed version of the document.