The peace agenda has no alternative for Armenia. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this Wednesday during the National Assembly debates on the execution of the 2021 program of the government of Armenia.

Pashinyan reflected on the trilateral meeting held in Brussels on April 6, noting that as a result of that meeting, he agreed that the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan shall begin preparations for a peace agreement between the two countries.

"Yes. Signing a peace agreement with Azerbaijan as soon as possible is part of our plans. But I must say that we have no illusions here either because we do not rule out that Azerbaijan will attempt to bring the peace process to a standstill as quickly as possible, turning it an occasion for new aggressive actions against Armenia and Artsakh."

We have the same calculation in connection with the [Armenia-Azerbaijan border] delimitation works because we do not rule out that Azerbaijan will use this process to formulate territorial claims against Armenia, declaring de jure that it has no territorial claims at all," he said.

Pashinyan stressed that Armenia has come to the conclusion that standing at the same point and not making some progress in the process not only does not reduce, but also exacerbates the risks.

"This is the reason why we have also reached an agreement in Brussels on the [border] delimitation matter—to set up, by the end of April, an Armenia-Azerbaijan bilateral commission on delimitation and border security, and to start working," he said.