Orbeli Forum 2025: Pashinyan highlights 'success stories' in building peace with Azerbaijan
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has once again reaffirmed that peace has been established with Azerbaijan following the initialing of the treaty on August 8 in Washington, D.C.
Speaking at the Orbeli Forum 2025: Building Peace and Multilateral Cooperation international conference, the Prime Minister highlighted several “success stories” between the two countries, beginning with the ongoing border delimitation process launched in 2024.
"At my instruction, our state bodies are organizing visits to the delimited Kirants area and adjacent sections for representatives of civil society, intellectuals, political figures, party members, and our compatriots from the Diaspora — to show what we mean when we speak about a peace agenda. I must say directly and sincerely that so far, I have not received any negative feedback, not even a single one, regarding what we are presenting on the ground," said Pashinyan.
The Prime Minister noted that the success story continued with the signing and subsequent ratification of the regulation on the joint activities of the border delimitation commissions of Armenia and Azerbaijan, which became the first international document between the two countries. Pashinyan recalled that the document establishes the Alma-Ata Declaration as the fundamental principle for the delimitation of the border between the two states.
“This is a turning point in the establishment of interstate relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, through which the two countries affirm that they recognize each other’s territorial integrity based on the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration. This means that Armenia and Azerbaijan acknowledge that the territory of independent Azerbaijan is identical to that of the former Azerbaijan SSR, and the territory of independent Armenia is identical to that of the former Armenian SSR. This fact is also recorded in the initialed text of the peace agreement, as well as in the Washington Declaration,” the Prime Minister said.
Pashinyan described the August 8 peace summit as the “biggest success story” between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
“Thus, peace has been established between the Republic of Armenia and Azerbaijan,” he emphasized.
The Orbeli Forum 2025: Building Peace and Multilateral Cooperation is dedicated to the regionalization of the South Caucasus, the peace process, the unblocking of communication and trade routes, as well as other international and regional agenda issues. The event is being attended, in various formats, by high-ranking Armenian officials, as well as experts from Armenia, all neighboring countries, Russia, the United States, EU member states, China, India, the United Arab Emirates, and others.