There is such a problem that we must take into account: there is a deep distrust, and we mutually accept it. There is a deep distrust between Armenia and Azerbaijan for reasons known to all of us. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this during a press conference, referring to a journalist’s question about the agreed document of the peace treaty that has been on the table since March 2025, what is preventing it from being signed.
According to Pashinyan, if you are consistent, it is possible to overcome this mutual distrust. “Why is it important for Abu Dhabi that if it is possible to overcome this distrust (and I think that it is possible if you are consistent), then it is possible through such contacts.
Yes, these contacts may not bring concrete results, I mean substantive ones, but just that contact, that conversation opens up many layers, makes what the other person is saying more understandable and provides an opportunity for what you are saying to be better explained to the other person. And when it is clarified, it turns out that there are layers there that can provide an opportunity for the positions to either be flexible, or change, or be clarified, or come out, or if arranged in the right order, progress and results can be achieved. That is what the conversation is about.
And as for the demands, there is nothing confidential, everything is said publicly," he said.
