Legitimacy must be one of the pillars of Armenia's security. It is this strategy that has made peace possible. Without the adoption of this strategy, peace simply would not be achievable, if by peace we mean institutional and lasting peace, because merely not shooting does not yet constitute peace. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this during the Comprehensive Security and Resilience International Conference.
"We have had periods during which there was almost no shooting, although in reality, it turns out we haven’t had a single year without casualties or injuries at the border. We haven’t had such a year.
Now, our legitimacy strategy has been further strengthened due to a somewhat underrated document, which is the regulation on the joint activities of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation commissions. This document has been signed and ratified according to the respective procedures of both countries.
Why is this document underrated? Because it is the first bilateral international document between Armenia and Azerbaijan that has been ratified in both countries and carries legal force," he said, noting that the Alma-Ata Declaration is affirmed in the document as the basic principle for the delimitation of borders between the two countries.
"Our security legitimacy strategy was further reinforced on August 8 with the pre-signing of the peace agreement and the Washington Declaration for Peace," he said, adding: "None of these, taken individually, are spontaneous actions; they are the outcomes of the strategies we adopted in September 2022."
On August 8, at the White House in Washington, a joint declaration was signed by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, and the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump. On the same day, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov pre-signed the 'Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan' in the presence of the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the United States.
