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A peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia could be signed in 2027 or 2028, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a news conference on Thursday. The state news agency Armenpress published his remarks, according to AnewZ.
“We must continue working with Azerbaijan,” Pashinyan said in response to a question about the agreement. He said he had previously expected a peace deal with Azerbaijan to be signed by 2031, but now believed it should happen sooner.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Pashinyan initialled a draft agreement in August 2025 and signed a joint declaration at the White House with US President Donald Trump. The document was intended to end a conflict that had lasted for decades. The parties committed to ending military operations, opening transport routes and normalizing relations.
Baku has said Yerevan must remove territorial claims against Azerbaijan from Armenia’s Constitution before a peace agreement can be signed. Hikmat Hajiyev, an aide to the Azerbaijani President, told Turkey’s Haber Global television channel in April: “We will be ready to sign a peace agreement once the territorial claims against Azerbaijan are completely removed.”
Pashinyan did not rule out holding snap parliamentary elections to adopt a new Constitution. He said a draft of the new document would be published “in the near future,” followed by discussions and submission to parliament.
“We will try to convince our opposition colleagues that this is a very important, fundamental issue concerning the definition and resolution of the question of the continuity of Armenian statehood. We will try to persuade them. If that does not work, we will resort to other options, including snap elections,” Pashinyan said.
TRIPP project set to begin
Pashinyan also said it was important to implement the US-backed Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP), which is intended to link Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave with the rest of the country through southern Armenia.
“Of course, one is not dependent on the other, but we are now beginning to implement the TRIPP project,” he said.
Armenian officials visited the southern province of Syunik on Wednesday to advance plans for the US-backed transit route.
