Casuistry from Pashinyan: Are Armenia and Azerbaijan Really Close to Signing a Peace Treaty?Machine: I'll translate this text from Russian to English:Casuistry from Pashinyan: how close are Armenia and Azerbaijan to signing a peace treaty?

First, the signing of a peace agreement, then legal verification in the Constitutional Court for compliance with Armenian laws, and only then possible changes to the Constitution. These are the postulates of Armenia's military-political establishment regarding Azerbaijan's demand to exclude territorial claims against Azerbaijan from this country's basic law.

Meanwhile, the essentially illogical chain built by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan lacks both legal and political guarantees, as it indicates one thing: the Armenian authorities do not intend to take on any obligations and will drag out the signing of a peace agreement as long as possible.

Casuistry from Pashinyan

Nikol Pashinyan has recently been talking a lot about peace with Azerbaijan from the highest podiums of various political platforms. He pronounces this like a mantra, as if forcing a numerous and generally indifferent audience to believe in the sincerity of his statements. At times it seems that he himself believes in what he is saying, writes the newspaper "Caspian".

For the European political crowd, unsophisticated in Armenian verbosity, everything looks somewhat respectable. Only Azerbaijan, having experienced firsthand the complete inconsistency and futility of Armenian assurances, which today affirm one thing and tomorrow deny what was said, is absolutely clear that Yerevan cannot be trusted at its word.

At the international forum "Yerevan Dialogue-2025," Pashinyan swore almost by his mother that there would be no new war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, justifying this by saying that Armenia would adhere to its peaceful agenda and do everything to achieve peace. But this is far from the truth.

Nikol Pashinyan also stated that peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan is very close during a joint briefing with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Yerevan. "I am glad to note that we continue consultations with Azerbaijan so as not to miss this historic opportunity (signing a peace agreement - Ed.). And it will not be missed. Not without difficulties, but we are moving forward," said the Armenian Prime Minister.

Deputy Head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Vahan Kostanyan told journalists on the sidelines of the "Yerevan Dialogue" forum the same thing, noting that the meeting between Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the 6th European Political Community summit in Tirana on May 16 was constructive.

And all this, note, is seasoned with casuistry from jurisprudence performed by Pashinyan: "We must send the agreement to the Constitutional Court. There is no choice here. If the Constitutional Court decides that the agreement does not comply with the laws of Armenia, then my personal position is that I will initiate amendments to the constitution, because I believe that the opportunity to conclude peace should not be missed." How much pathos! But the meaning boils down to the fact that the Armenian Prime Minister is trying to pass off his tactical rhetorical maneuvers as a breakthrough on the path to peace with Azerbaijan. In fact, he is creating room to delay the signing of peace for an indefinite period. But we won't be fooled...

Those very legal steps

Armenia must officially and unambiguously renounce