Armenia and Azerbaijan could formally sign their initialed peace agreement in 2027 or 2028, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Thursday, offering a possible timetable for ending decades of conflict, Anadolu Agency reported.
The joint declaration signed at the White House on Aug. 8, 2025, says Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s foreign ministers initialed the agreement text, with Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and U.S. President Donald Trump witnessing the step. Pashinyan and Aliyev signed that joint declaration, with Trump as witness.
He said the government would publish a draft constitution soon, hold discussions and submit it to parliament. He said it would first seek opposition backing and could consider a snap parliamentary election if that effort failed.
Earlier Thursday, during a working visit to Syunik in southern Armenia, Pashinyan said implementation work on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) was getting underway and a company to develop it was close to formation, Anadolu reported. The project is intended to connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave through southern Armenia.
