I can say for sure that the peace agenda of the current Armenian government and Prime Minister Pashinyan finds full support in Armenian society. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said this in an interview to members of several Turkish media—and addressing the question of whether there will be a change in the political line in the negotiations if the government changes in Armenia.

“Well, of course, there are those who criticize. This is how democracy works. I mean, if we don't have an opposition saying different things, then how can we ensure development of the society in any issue, in question? But, in general, we have the support of the majority of the Armenian society. What about the parliament? In the parliament as well, we have the majority.

But, time passes, and if the Armenian government does not deliver tangible outcomes of the normalization process, even those who believe in a peace agenda will come up with a question asking, ‘okay, peace agenda sounds nice, but you cannot build peace alone. It looks like your neighbors do not share your vision of a peaceful and prosperous region and normal relations with the neighbors. This means that it makes no sense for me to support your peace agenda tomorrow as well.’

So, I'm saying this to show that we have the support, but nothing is unlimited in this world, and things may change of course. But at the same time, it is obvious that if we have results in normalization, if we, for instance, sign a peace treaty, open the communication infrastructure, people start, restart, I would say, trade, people would start interactions, humanitarian issues are being addressed, etc. It will make the development of neighborly relations natural, normal, and the reverse to the era of hostilities would become less and less tangible, less and less realistic,” Mirzoyan added.

He emphasized that the same can be said about the normalization of Armenia’s relations with Turkey. “The same I can say for the case of our normalization with Türkiye. We have already done several joint things. If we open the border, if we start implementing joint energy projects, if the direct trade increases, that will change the mood, that will change not only the mood in our societies, that will change the whole region, I believe. We do have this window of opportunity.

We do have public opinions supportive of this opportunity more than ever in the past. So we have a choice. We can focus on obstacles, we can focus on history, on the past, or we can focus on the present and build a better future. We should decide jointly,” added the Armenian FM.