Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has called for a peace treaty with Azerbaijan as soon as possible, expressing his sincere desire to conclude an agreement between the two nations. Speaking in Armenia's parliament on Tuesday, Pashinyan cited the international situation as contributing to Azerbaijan's increasing importance as an energy or logistics crossroad, making a peace treaty a realistic possibility.

However, the most difficult issue remains the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to Pashinyan. He emphasized that the principles of the right to self-determination and territorial integrity "stood side by side" throughout the Karabakh conflict, and that the philosophy of self-determination implies "a part of the territory".

Pashinyan stated that peace for Armenia and the region would come when the international community clearly declares recognition of Armenia's 29,800 square kilometers of territory and when Armenia declares that it has no territorial claims against any country. He added that achieving peace means having normal relations with the four neighbouring countries, with further deepening of cooperation with Georgia and Iran, and normalization of relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan.

Armenia has suggested that maps of the Armenian and Azerbaijani SSR drawn in the Soviet Union be attached to the future peace treaty as a basis for the territorial integrity of the countries. Pashinyan called for mutual recognition of each other's territorial integrity and for undertaking not to raise territorial claims against each other, as agreed with the Azerbaijani President in Sochi and Prague.

"I want to confirm that Armenia recognises Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and we expect Azerbaijan to do the same, recognising the entire territory of the Armenian SSR as the Republic of Armenia," Pashinyan said, as quoted by Sputnik Armenia.