The key facts
- Pashinyan: the area of Armenia after border delimitation should be 29,743 km²
- To eliminate enclaves and exclaves, a mutual exchange of territories on an equal basis was proposed
- Conditions for peace: opening all communications and complete renunciation of mutual claims
Proposal to exchange territories
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that, based on the Alma-Ata Declaration, the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan should be determined through delimitation and demarcation, as a result of which the area of Armenia should be 29,743 km². In his opinion, there should be no enclaves or exclaves left on either side of the border — for this, the two states need to 'exchange territories in equal proportion'.
Opening communications and renouncing claims
Pashinyan also spoke in favor of opening all roads and communications, including organizing transit traffic from Armenia to Armenia through the territory of Azerbaijan and from Azerbaijan to Azerbaijan through the territory of Armenia. He named another condition as the complete renunciation by Yerevan and Baku of any mutual claims — including the logic of 'Karabakh, Gardman, Shirvan, Nakhchivan' and the logic of 'Western Azerbaijan'.
Prospects for a peace treaty
Pashinyan called the main question how realistic it is to bring peace to the described form. According to him, after contacts with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Turkmenistan, he formed an initial impression that such a possibility exists. 'In the near future we will work on realizing this possibility and turning it into reality,' the publication quotes the prime minister as saying.
Context of the negotiations
The parties preliminarily agreed on the first section of the border in April 2024, and in August 2025 the foreign ministries of the two countries announced a draft peace treaty. According to it, Yerevan and Baku undertake to respect each other's borders in accordance with the Alma-Ata agreements. Azerbaijani officials have not yet reacted to Pashinyan's words.
