When the democratic revolution in Armenia took place and our current ruling party came to power, we almost immediately said that we are going to amend our Constitution. Moreover, as I see it now, it's going to be a new Constitution, not even an amendment to the existing one. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said this in an interview to members of several Turkish media—and addressing the question of whether or not Armenia will consider a constitutional amendment in order to sign a peace agreement with Azerbaijan.

“The mandate of the current commission, which is preparing the Constitutional amendments, discussing the legalistic and legal mechanisms, the mandate is coming to its end in 2026, I believe. And in 2026, we are having parliamentary elections. So, since 2018, we have been speaking about the necessity of a new Constitution, and it is in our agenda. So, we are going to have it..

But connecting it with Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization is not constructive. Again, I will come back to my previous sentence, previous formulation. You have two choices, two options. You can sit and wait until all answers to all possible questions are given and then only act, or you can start. I will use the same thing that I said during the panel discussion. Putting a brick, and then another brick, and then another brick, start the process of normalization. And I'm confident that sometimes later we can look back and see that we have built a solid, powerful bridge. So, we suggest starting immediately,” Mirzoyan added.

Addressing a reporter’s question about the EU monitoring mission in Armenia, the FM noted that the mandate of the mission is, in general, to support the normalization process, to support stability along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. And as soon as there will be a peace treaty entering into force, they will not be needing this monitoring anymore.

“As soon as we have stability along the border, that means that the mandate, the mission is accomplished, and we won't be needing any additional services there. But in general, this is the main problem, I believe. Not the Constitution, not the Minsk Group, not any other detail. The problem is that sometimes we have the feeling that Azerbaijan just does not want to build peace with Armenia. For what calculations, I cannot say, but we do have concerns that they don't want to finalize the normalization, they don't want to finalize the negotiations to sign the peace treaty,” Mirzoyan noted.

He emphasized that there are several other tracks in the settlement process. “We have made several other proposals on connectivity issues, on mutual verification and arms control. We have made very tangible and solid proposals. No positive response. And the feeling is that they just don't want to finalize this normalization process, they are not going to build peace. Moreover, we also, from time to time, see the signs of escalation on the ground. We see this escalation in the rhetoric of Azerbaijani leadership, and unfortunately we see that this escalation has the potential to become an escalation on the ground as well.

The Armenian public opinion, for instance, if you look at it, you will find out that citizens of Armenia mostly think that Azerbaijan has further plans to attack Armenia again, to take control over some of its sovereign territories, etc. So probably the answer to all possible questions is in your question. As soon as we find out the true intention of Azerbaijan, we most probably will find out answers to the other questions as well, ”said the Armenian foreign minister.

He noted that there is no news regarding further meetings on where and how to sign this peace deal. " They say that their position is that they are not going to discuss it unless this is done, then the other demand is fulfilled, and then the third thing, and then the fourth thing. This is the reality, but we continue speaking to them," said Ararat Mirzoyan.