Pashinyan: Armenia needs to normalize relations with neighboring countries to achieve peace

Armenia needs to normalize relations with neighboring countries to achieve peace, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a parliamentary meeting, Report informs via News.am.

“Since we have a task not of normalization, but of deepening relations with Georgia and Iran, then peace means normalized relations with Azerbaijan and Türkiye,” he stressed.

“If compromises are reached at the political-diplomatic level, to what extent will they be acceptable to the RA [Republic of Armenia] citizens and to what extent will the citizens allow the practical implementation of these compromises—sometimes painful solutions? This is also our responsibility. And we must make the course of our thoughts and actions understandable to the RA citizens; and when they understand, they will also accept it," said Pashinyan.

According to the PM, peace is possible if Armenia's 29,800-square-kilometer-territory is clearly recognized in international relations and Armenia declares that it has no territorial claims from any country.