Armenian PM Says Peace with Baku Doesn’t Require Amending Constitution

On 30 September 2025, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he sees no need to amend the constitution as part of a peace deal with Azerbaijan, Orda.kz reports, citing NewsArmenia.AM.

Answering questions at PACE, he stated that the issue of constitutional changes “is not being discussed,” despite Baku’s claims that Armenia’s basic law contains territorial claims.

He recalled that in September 2024, Armenia’s Constitutional Court examined the mandate of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border delimitation commission and ruled there were no territorial claims toward any country.

Pashinyan noted that under Armenia’s constitution, ratified international agreements carry higher legal force than domestic legislation.

He added that any peace treaty would first go to the Constitutional Court:

If the Constitutional Court decides that the treaty contradicts the current Constitution, then we will initiate constitutional amendments. If the CC decides that it complies with the Constitution, then there will be no obstacles for its ratification in our parliament. After that, it will acquire supreme legal force.

Pashinyan has repeatedly stressed that Armenia’s constitution contains no territorial claims, while Azerbaijan’s does. Baku has demanded constitutional changes from Armenia as a precondition for a peace deal.