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ArmenPress (24 August 2026)

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has spoken about the need for a new Constitution in Armenia, stressing that it is purely a domestic agenda and rejecting opposition claims that the initiative is being imposed by Azerbaijan.

Pashinyan made the remarks in parliament while presenting his administration’s 2026-2031 program.

Armenia and Azerbaijan initialed a peace agreement in Washington on August 8, 2025. Azerbaijan, however, has since stated that it will formally sign the peace agreement when Armenia changes its Constitution. The Azerbaijani side claims that there is a territorial claim against Azerbaijan in Armenia’s Constitution, referring to the reference to Armenia’s Declaration of Independence in the Constitution’s preamble. The 1990 Declaration of Independence, in turn, cites a 1989 act adopted by the legislative bodies of Soviet Armenia and Karabakh. This, according to Azerbaijan, amounts to a territorial claim.

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