Armenia does not consider its constitutional amendments to be part of the agenda for normalizing relations with Azerbaijan or for signing a peace agreement, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said.
He made the remarks in response to a question by an Azerbaijani reporter at the Orbeli Forum 2025.
“We do not share the perception that there is any provision in our Constitution that should be a concern for Azerbaijan. Therefore, we do not accept this as part of the negotiation agenda and are not negotiating on it. As I have already noted, peace has been established, agreements on several key issues have been reached, signed, and published, but there are still issues on which the two countries have not yet reached an agreement,” Mirzoyan said.
The Foreign Minister expressed hope that upcoming processes will lead to the final signing of the peace agreement and its ratification by the parliaments of both countries.
“The actions and political will of the Republic of Armenia are moving along this path; we do not give in to any provocative messages or statements. Azerbaijan says, ‘You do not agree to the constitutional amendment and on our side, we are not moving forward with the initialed peace agreement’. We respond that your concerns are unfounded, but that is your position. Yet, the initialing of this same peace agreement, complementing the Washington Declaration, confirmed the establishment of peace. Peace is established, and we—the peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan—are enjoying it,” the minister said.
Ararat Mirzoyan also recalled that the Armenian authorities have been discussing the need for constitutional amendments since 2018, but emphasized that this is purely a domestic agenda.
Armenia and Azerbaijan initialed a peace agreement on August 8 this year. Since then, Azerbaijan has made constitutional amendments in Armenia a precondition for the treaty’s final signing—a demand Yerevan has rejected as unfounded. Armenia has stated that it is ready to sign the peace agreement as soon as possible.
