PM: some details of draft peace treaty with Azerbaijan need to be  clarified and document needs to be finalized

ArmInfo. Some details of the draft peace treaty with Azerbaijan need to be clarified and the document needs to be finalized. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated to journalists on June 12.

According to him, first of all, the issue concerns coordinating two agreements reached during previous meetings in Prague, Sochi and Brussels - the territorial integrity of states and opening transport communications in the region. "The President of Azerbaijan himself has repeatedly stated that official Baku remains committed to the agreements reached in Prague and the Almaty Declaration of 1991,"  the Prime Minister noted.

As for the condition of the Azerbaijani side on amending the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia for the signing of the peace treaty, as Pashinyan noted, this step of Baku is aimed at torpedoing the peace process.  Pashinyan saw in this demand a tendency to interfere in the internal affairs of Armenia and to initiate processes in the country based on disinformation. "We talked about constitutional amendments immediately after the change of power in 2018, and this issue is part of the country's democratization process. However, the issue of our Constitution cannot be the subject of negotiations, since it is exclusively an internal matter of the Republic of Armenia,"  the head of the Cabinet said.

He also noted that the process of delimitation and demarcation of borders with Azerbaijan was initiated by the Armenian side in order to be able to fix the de jure sovereign territory of Armenia. "The demarcation problem itself is very complicated and the problem cannot be solved using textbook approaches alone. But it is simply necessary to agree on the general principles for settling relations. It is quite possible to establish a real peace through practical steps, and only then sign an agreement. But in any case, a peace treaty must be signed," the Prime Minister said, admitting, in particular, both the possibility of opening communications with Azerbaijan and delimiting the borders before signing a peace treaty.