“I would like to emphasize that the annual report of the Foreign Intelligence Service noted that military escalation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is assessed as almost improbable. This records the fact that peace has been established between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a Q&A session between the National Assembly and the Government, responding to a question by Civil Contract faction MP Davit Karapetyan regarding the assessments included in the Foreign Intelligence Service’s annual report.
“Our strategy is as follows: we are systematically increasing our country’s defense capabilities, and we are doing so successfully. As for the further strengthening and institutionalization of peace, we continue our diplomatic work in that direction. But I want all of us to acknowledge the change in the atmosphere that has taken place during this period in relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, starting with rhetoric, and the rhetoric of both Armenia and Azerbaijan already shows the first signs of qualitative change, and I want to welcome that.
“Second, today I learned that in Armenia’s fuel market, for example, the price of diesel fuel has decreased by about 20 percent. I want us to assess this as well, including against the backdrop of upcoming agricultural work in Armenia and other factors. The issues identified by the Foreign Intelligence Service—we continue work around them, but that work will be aimed at strengthening peace and highlighting, emphasizing, and relying on the positive substance that has been formed during this period.
“As for possible security risks and threats, Armenia’s state system constantly analyzes them, and all services in that direction, first and foremost diplomatic ones, are doing their work.
“By the way, I am very glad that another four persons held in Azerbaijan returned to the Republic of Armenia. That is, I believe that there are inertial processes on the other side as well, and we must work with them calmly, steadily, focused on peace, showing consistent care toward peace. But the Republic of Armenia has never, not for a single minute or second, lost its vigilance and will not lose it. But today, as of January 21, 2026, there is complete peace along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border,” Pashinyan said.
