Although 2026 is already approaching its last two months, the signing of a final peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia still appears to be a distant prospect. In a recent statement to the press, Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, said that "holding a referendum in the country was unrealistic", while also addressing several other important issues. He first spoke about the need to regulate relations between Yerevan and Moscow, before stressing the importance of implementing a range of reforms to meet the European Union’s requirements.

It is worth recalling that, at the beginning of this year, Armenian officials repeatedly stressed during speeches in parliament that a referendum was essential in the context of preparations for EU membership. In an interview with a local television channel in February 2025, Pashinyan even referred to Azerbaijan, describing a referendum as an important and integral element of the peace agenda. Although this........

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