Mirzoyan: peace deal won’t mean conflict is over

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan addressed the parliament during a government Q&A session, commenting on the pre-signed peace document in Washington. He emphasized the significance of the agreement and noted that both sides had reached a major milestone toward establishing peace.

However, he cautioned that even if the peace treaty is signed soon, it would be wrong to claim that everything has ended or that peace is fully secured.

“To put it very simply, at this moment, the sides are not shooting at each other. The risk of escalation is minimal, and we’re aiming for zero. The risk of full-scale conflict is low,” he said, according to 1lurer.am .

Mirzoyan responded to critics who argue that true peace hasn’t been achieved due to ongoing issues.

“Let me reiterate, we are only at the beginning of the road. Peace is a long process. Peace requires care, responsibility, and caution; every word spoken, every document circulated must reflect that,” he stated.

He added that given the long history of hostility and bloodshed between the two nations, peace was never going to be easy or instant.

“Peace is never built between friendly peoples. It’s built between those who have experienced war, conflict, and bloodshed. That’s the kind of path we’ve just started,” he concluded.

On August 8, during a trilateral meeting at the White House with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, a joint declaration was signed. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov also pre-signed the “Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations Between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan” in the presence of the three leaders.