Armenia's Pashinian Proposed Nonaggression Pact With Azerbaijan

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on January 28 told an Army Day celebration event that he had proposed a nonaggression pact to bitter rival Azerbaijan. "We have offered [Azerbaijan] border demilitarization and a mutual control mechanism for weapons, as well as the signing of a nonaggression agreement, if it turns out that the signing of a peace treaty takes longer than expected." Yerevan and Baku have expressed a desire to settle their long conflict and take steps toward normalizing relations, though recent comments by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev raised questions in Armenia about the fate of the negotiations. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Armenian Service, click here.