Pashinyan administration to work toward speedy formalization and ratification of peace treaty with Azerbaijan, says official

The Pashinyan administration will continue to actively advance the peace agenda and will sign and ratify the initialed peace treaty with Azerbaijan as soon as possible, Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan told reporters after casting his ballot in the parliamentary elections.

Asked about the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process, Grigoryan, a member of the Civil Contract party, said that the initialing of the peace treaty and the 2025 Washington summit had created new opportunities for unblocking regional transport and connectivity links.

“The southern route has also become a necessity in the context of unblocking. We hope to make progress in this direction as soon as possible. The recent meeting between the deputy prime ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Armenia was also aimed at accelerating the border delimitation process as much as possible,” Grigoryan said, adding that the economic relations agenda between Armenia and Azerbaijan had been discussed intensively since August 8 of last year.

“We regularly discuss how we can expand our economic cooperation, and I hope we will have an opportunity to move forward in this direction as soon as possible. Discussions are underway on expanding exports from Armenia to Azerbaijan, as well as exports from Azerbaijan to Armenia, across various sectors,” Grigoryan said.

He added that there is currently mutual interest on both sides in advancing this agenda.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is leading the Civil Contract party ticket in its bid for re-election.