The signing of a peace treaty requires willingness and political will from the Azerbaijani side, and we believe we are close to that point. Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan stated this during a briefing in Parliament, responding to a question about what needs to be done for the signing of the agreement.
Referring to the topic of preconditions related to changes in the Constitution, Simonyan said: “You call it a ‘precondition,’ while I would say it is a concern. In other words, you may not use that term, but what you are referring to is the Azerbaijani side’s concern, because they are worried. Why do they want that? They want it so that everything is properly documented, everything is fixed on paper, because life is unpredictable — anything can happen — and they want to ensure that there will be no new war or reason for war tomorrow or the next day, which, in fact, is a good intention. Another issue, however, is that we — our side — consider it inappropriate to raise such a question, as we believe that issue has already been resolved.”
According to Alen Simonyan, Armenia has done everything — even beyond its strength — to achieve peace in the region, and despite its fragility, that peace has been established and must now be maintained.
“We have done everything and will continue to do everything to ensure that peace is formalized through a final agreement — but, more importantly, that peace exists in practice. For example, we don’t have a peace treaty with Georgia, yet we live in peace with them.
We need time. We need time so that, if at some point the residents of Nagorno-Karabakh — someone who wishes to return there — can do so. Look, it’s incredible: it has been almost two years that we are no longer shooting at each other. Nothing like this has ever happened since independence. We need time, please understand that,” he said.
