The key facts

  • Pashinyan allowed for the possibility of signing a peace treaty with Baku in 2027–2028
  • The agreement was initialed on August 8, 2025 at the White House with Trump's participation
  • Armenia is beginning to establish a company to implement the TRIPP corridor

Timeline for signing the peace treaty

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday that the initialed peace agreement with Azerbaijan may be signed in 2027–2028, the state agency Armenpress reports. Answering a question about the treaty at a briefing, Pashinyan noted that Yerevan needs to continue working with Baku.

Context of the August 2025 agreement

On August 8, 2025, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Pashinyan initialed the agreement and, together with Donald Trump, signed a joint declaration at a summit at the White House. The document is aimed at ending the years-long conflict and provides for the cessation of hostilities, the opening of transport routes, and the normalization of relations.

Implementation of the TRIPP project

According to Pashinyan, the implementation of the TRIPP project (Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity) is also of great importance — a transit corridor that will connect Azerbaijan with its exclave of Nakhchivan through southern Armenia. 'Of course, one is not connected with the other, but we are now starting the implementation of the TRIPP project,' Anadolu quotes him as saying. Earlier the same day, while on a working visit to the Syunik region in the south of the country, Pashinyan stated that Armenia is entering the implementation phase of the project and that a development company will be established in the near future. 'We are in fact at the final stage of establishing the company, and after its establishment the work, including our contribution, will be transferred to this company,' he added.

Possible early elections for a new constitution

Pashinyan also did not rule out holding early parliamentary elections to adopt a new constitution. According to him, the draft of the new foundational document will be published 'in the near future,' after which discussions will begin and it will be submitted to parliament. 'We will try to convince our colleagues from the opposition that this is a very important and fundamental issue concerning the determination and resolution of the question of the continuity of the Armenian state. We will try to convince them. If that does not work, we will consider other scenarios, including holding early elections,' the agency quotes the prime minister.