The page of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is closed, peace has been established, and it is right before your eyes, it is your life and daily routine: Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's message on the occasion of August 8.
The page of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is closed, peace has been established, and it is right before your eyes, it is your life and daily routine: Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's message on the occasion of August 8.
08-08-2026 10:55 Armenia Press release
Dear people, dear citizens of the Republic of Armenia,
One year ago on this day, August 8, 2025, as a result of a trilateral meeting initiated and attended by President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., at the White House, peace was established between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Now we refer to the August 8 meeting as the Peace Summit, and the joint declaration adopted by me and the President of Azerbaijan, which was also signed by the President of the United States as a witness, as the Peace Declaration. These names fully express the outcome brought about by August 8, 2025. The peace established between Armenia and Azerbaijan is visible and significant to everyone.
In the parliamentary elections of June 7, 2026, the citizens of Armenia not only voted in favor of peace but also stood up for peace. This, of course, does not mean that we have reached a final destination on the path to implementing the peace agenda.
The "Agreement on Establishing Peace and Inter-State Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan," which was initially signed by the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the presence of the three leaders in Washington on August 8, 2025, awaits its signing and ratification; the delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan still needs to take place, and we are all very concerned and anxious about our compatriots being in captivity in Azerbaijan.
But it is clear that August 8, 2025, is a turning point, and we can divide the history of the Republic of Armenia into before and after that date. Before August 8, 2025, our state was in a deadlock, while after August 8, 2025, vast horizons have opened up before us, and whether we take advantage of them or not depends on our collective will, our knowledge, and our ability to learn from the world and our history.
This is precisely where the greatest political and socio-psychological outcome of the Washington Peace Summit lies: the helm of our history is once again in our hands. This does not mean that the road is perfect and without dangers; it means that our decisions are the primary factor determining our future destiny, and this is a historic turning point.
The preceding period and the results of the National Assembly elections come to convince us that we can, we are capable, as a state and a people, to stand up for our destiny, and for this, I want to thank all of you and each of you, dear citizens of the Republic of Armenia.
One of the most important outcomes of the Washington Peace Summit is the "Trump Path for International Peace and Prosperity" (TRIPP) project, which will not only soon put an end to the blockade of Armenia but will also become the core of the economy of Armenia and the region, and will help Armenia and Azerbaijan begin to perceive each other not as obstacles but as pathways, as neighbors. In the near future, we will begin the practical implementation of the TRIPP project, and this will become a major regional and international event.
Dear people, dear citizens of the Republic of Armenia,
The page of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is closed, peace is established, and it is right before your eyes, it is your life and daily routine. Establishing any peace is not easy, and our establishment of peace has not been easy either. But any peace can be shattered and rendered void very easily, and this can happen very quickly, and the question is whether it will be possible to establish peace again after 35 years in that case.
Today, many—some intentionally, some inadvertently—act with the logic of undermining peace, and this activity is sometimes cloaked under benevolent or "patriotic" disguises. I want to say without hesitation that to make peace irreversible, it is necessary to talk about the "right of return of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh" and the "right of return of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan," while refraining from discussions about the "right of return of Western Azerbaijan and Western Azerbaijanis."
This is a question that needs to be addressed both in Armenia and Azerbaijan—for the sake of the right of peaceful coexistence for our generations. This is the right that we must materialize and pursue today, and we must be able to overcome any discourse that contradicts it.
I thank President Trump for his undeniable efforts in establishing this peace.
I congratulate the people of Armenia on the occasion of August 8.
I congratulate the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of August 8.
Finally, we have a day that calms us rather than inflames us.
And may all the victims of the conflict rest in peace. Never again.
Long live peace.
* This text was automatically translated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
