Nikol Pashinyan: Armenia living in peaceful future

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has sent a congratulatory message on the occasion of the New Year.

"Since 1991, 2025 is the first calendar year in which we have had no casualties or injuries as a result of shooting with Azerbaijan. We have not had any casualties as a result of shooting on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border since March 2024 - for more than 22 months now. This is not a coincidence, but the implementation of the strategy delegated by the people of Armenia - that is, by you - to the Government and the parliamentary majority in the 2021 snap elections," Nikol Pashinyan said.

According to him, epoch-making changes are taking place in the region: for the first time since independence, trains are delivering cargo to Armenia through the territory of Azerbaijan; the first signs of bilateral trade with Azerbaijan are emerging; the first major cases of commodity acquisition have been recorded.

"In 2021, we said, ‘There is a future.’ Today, we say, ‘The future is today,’ and today we live in the future for which you, the citizens of the Republic of Armenia, voted in 2021. 2025 is the first full calendar year of that peaceful future - of peace," Nikol Pashinyan said.

The PM emphasized the establishment of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan as the culmination of that history.

"On August 8, 2025, at a summit convened at the White House on the initiative of U.S. President Donald Trump, we adopted a Declaration with the President of Azerbaijan, which was also signed as a witness by President Trump. In our presence, the foreign ministers of the two countries initialed the Agreement 'On the Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan', the text of which we and official Baku had announced in March 2025," Nikol Pashinyan said.

The Prime Minister of Armenia emphasized that all agreements concluded with Azerbaijan, including the document on the border delimitation commission and the Prague statement of Nikol Pashinyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev of October 6, 2022, were signed in the national interests of Armenia.

"Dear people, dear citizens, we have reached the future, and we live in the future, and we will no longer remain in the past. The year 2026 will be a beautiful continuation of our present future," Nikol Pashinyan said.

He noted that Armenia's most important event of 2026 will be the elections to the National Assembly in June. The PM stressed that the people and Armenia will win in these elections.

"The year 2026 will be a year of consolidation and unity - a unity whose key is the Republic of Armenia: its internationally recognized sovereign territory, the right of its citizens to live freely, prosperously, and happily, and the independence and state interests of the Republic of Armenia. Long live the Republic of Armenia. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I love you all," Nikol Pashinyan said.