On May 29, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated in the Armenian Parliament that while there is a significant change in the atmosphere regarding the potential signing of a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, it does not mean that the sides have reached the finish line. He made these remarks in response to the Azerbaijani side's opinion that the UN Climate Conference (COP29) in Baku this November could be an opportunity to sign a peace treaty.

Pashinyan noted, "The problem is that it is necessary to agree on the peace treaty's text. More precisely, these agreements were reached in 2022—October 6 in Prague, Sochi, and Brussels. The key principles have been agreed upon, what remains is to reproduce them in the text of the peace treaty. And I think we have an opportunity to complete this work as soon as possible."

Addressing the issue of why Baku has not yet enshrined the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration in the peace treaty, the Prime Minister explained that the work on the document's text is multi-level. He stated, "Sometimes the interpretations we make about it do not always create the right impression among people unfamiliar with the texts and the dynamics of drafting the peace agreement. The foreign minister and the secretary of the Armenian Security Council have spoken about this. However, this text may be somewhat different in terms of expression and perception of reality. The reference to the Alma-Ata Declaration is already in the agreed parts of the peace treaty. We are negotiating about something else there."

At the highest level, Pashinyan recalled statements from Baku, noting that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reaffirmed the commitment to the Prague Accords and the Alma-Ata Declaration. However, Pashinyan emphasized that there are working problems in the process of incorporating these statements into the text of the peace agreement that can be overcome.

Summarizing the current situation, Pashinyan stated, "Now we have a significant change in the atmosphere. But this does not mean we have come to the finish line, and the only thing left to do is sign."