Baku insists on changing the Armenian Constitution to conclude peace.

In order for a final peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia to become a reality, changes must be made to the part of the Armenian Constitution that contains territorial claims against Azerbaijan, Baku officials stated. The Prime Minister of Armenia promised to publish the text of the new Constitution by the end of the year.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", Baku will sign a peace treaty with Yerevan after Armenia renounces territorial claims and enshrines this in the Constitution, said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the Munich Security Conference. Earlier, on September 20, 2025, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated that Baku and Yerevan would be able to sign a peace treaty on the condition of removing territorial claims from the text of the Armenian Constitution. In February 2025, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenia needs to amend the fundamental law through a referendum. The new Constitution, according to him, should enshrine the ideology of "Real Armenia," identifying the homeland with an internationally recognized state. The proposal of the Armenian Prime Minister provoked sharp criticism in society.

There is one step left for a final peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia to become a reality — making changes to the part of the Armenian Constitution that contains territorial claims against Azerbaijan, said Azerbaijani President's assistant Hikmet Hajiyev at the annual regional forum CAMCA 2026 held in Baku, dedicated to cooperation between Central Asian countries and the South Caucasus.

"We have always said that we won the war. But it was important to do one more thing — to win peace. This was indeed an extremely difficult task that required strategic thinking, patience, and the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev. From the first days of our independence, we did not have sufficient peace on the ground. But now we are working hard, and today there is de facto peace in the region. However, peace should not remain only on paper. We expect one last step from Armenia," he said, as reported by JamNews.

A generation that has suffered from a long-standing conflict hopes for the establishment of a durable and sustainable peace in the region, Hajiyev noted. "We do not want future generations of Azerbaijan and Armenia to suffer from the conflict. I believe that changing the relevant clause in the Armenian Constitution will positively impact the process. We want to see the final position of the Armenian people confirming the absence of any territorial claims against Azerbaijan," he said, as reported by "AzerTAj".

Earlier, the head of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Jeyhun Bayramov, also stated that for the final completion of the peace process, Armenia must adopt a new Constitution.

"When this will happen is an internal matter for Armenia. After the parliamentary elections, the Prime Minister of Armenia stated that the text of the new Constitution would be published by the end of the current year," he said, as reported by APA on September 9.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan previously stated that the text of the new Constitution is almost ready and will be published by the end of 2026. "Yes, we will publish it by the end of the year. I said so, it seems, by the end of the year or in the coming months. It is almost ready, we just need to hold one last discussion and publish it," Pashinyan said. The Prime Minister also assured that he did not discuss the issue of the new Constitution with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. However, according to Pashinyan, during the meeting with Aliyev, the parties discussed almost all issues on the bilateral agenda, as reported by Armenia Today on September 3.