Armen Gevorgyan, a member of Armenia’s National Assembly, stated during the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) session that Baku is not ready either to sign or to implement any peace agreement. He emphasized that neither Turkey nor Azerbaijan aims for peaceful coexistence.

According to Gevorgyan, it has been a month since Armenia and Azerbaijan announced they had agreed on a draft of the so-called peace treaty. While the international community greeted the news with “constructive enthusiasm,” the Armenian public has yet to see the draft, which remains unpublished.

“The agreement has not been signed. In Armenia, many now view this secret ‘peace agreement’ as something distancing us from genuine peace. Rather than building trust in the future, the current negotiations have only deepened mistrust. The very notion of peace is being distorted, and many Armenians are facing a painful dilemma—whether to accept it as a new beginning or a symbol of final defeat.

I am sure you’ll agree that the value of any agreement lies not just in signing it, but in having clear guarantees and effective enforcement mechanisms. Long-lasting peace demands robust systems of restraint and balance—especially in fragile regional settings. In our case, such mechanisms are completely absent.

Moreover, measures initially aimed at fostering justice and de-escalation have now been removed, and Azerbaijan has demonstrated how easily European deterrence strategies can be ignored,” he said.

Gevorgyan also drew attention to what he called “shameful trials” currently underway in Baku against Armenian detainees.

“The continuation of these trials clearly shows that Azerbaijan is not ready either to sign or to implement any peace agreement with Armenia. Let’s not forget—Turkey and Azerbaijan have no history of honoring agreements with Armenia, nor do they intend to build such a history. Their goal is not coexistence, but to seize a ‘historic opportunity’ to permanently resolve what they still call ‘the Armenian Question’.”

“While we rightfully focus on the tragic events in Gaza, we continue to overlook the deliberate destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). The international mechanisms meant to prevent such disasters are failing. Azerbaijan has repeatedly violated and ignored international court rulings, while international institutions have responded with troubling indifference to the Armenian people’s fundamental right to return to their historical homeland.”

“The silence of the international community, including the Council of Europe, regarding Azerbaijan’s blatant violations of international law, points to the collapse of the rules-based international order,” Gevorgyan concluded.

On March 13, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry announced it had accepted Azerbaijan’s proposals on two previously unagreed articles, stating that the peace agreement was ready for signing. Armenia expressed readiness to begin consultations on the date and location of the signing. Baku, however, set new preconditions and claimed it was too early to discuss timelines.