Peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan is an established fact: Pashinyan.

Peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan is an established fact. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this during his address at the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS in Turkmenistan, Azerbaijani media report.

The Armenian Prime Minister cited the peace agreement initialed with Azerbaijan:

"In full accordance with Article 1, the Parties confirm that they have no territorial claims against each other and will not put forward such claims in the future. The Parties shall not undertake any action, including the planning, preparation, encouragement, or support of any activity aimed at the complete or partial fragmentation or violation of the territorial integrity or political unity of the other Party." Pashinyan announced that the agreement containing these provisions was initialed on August 8, 2025, within the framework of the peace summit organized by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.

"We have come a long way since the 2020 war to achieve peace. In this context, I would like to specifically highlight the role of Russian President Vladimir Putin in establishing the ceasefire in November 2020. However, unfortunately, even after the signing of the November 9, 2020 Statement, we failed to achieve peace," Pashinyan noted.

According to Nikol Pashinyan, there was only one realistic option for achieving peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and that architecture was built upon the principles of the Alma-Ata Declaration. He stated that the adoption of the Alma-Ata Declaration in 1991 failed to prevent the escalation of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan:

"For more than thirty years, the conflict continued despite the existence of the Alma-Ata Declaration, and it seemed as though the very existence of this document went unnoticed. To establish lasting peace, figuratively speaking, it was necessary to revitalize the Alma-Ata Declaration. We accomplished this jointly with the President of Azerbaijan."

Pashinyan recalled that, following the quadrilateral meeting held in Prague on October 6, 2022—initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Charles Michel—the parties had reaffirmed their commitment to the Alma-Ata Declaration.

"Distinguished heads of state, peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan is an established fact." "Today, we can state that over the past two-plus years, there have been no fatalities or injuries resulting from exchanges of fire between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. Yet, starting from the 1990s—for more than thirty years—there were fatalities and injuries on both sides every year," Pashinyan emphasized.