Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking at a government session in the republic's parliament on February 7, said that there is an agreed clause in the text of the draft peace treaty with Azerbaijan, according to which the parties cannot invoke their legislation in order not to fulfill the obligations assumed under the treaty.

Pashinyan raised this issue while responding to allegations that the government he heads is trying to change the Armenian Constitution in order to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. According to him, given the existence of the mentioned clause, Armenia does not need a new constitution to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan, and those who think that the country's authorities will change the Constitution in order to sign an agreement with Baku are mistaken.

The Prime Minister noted that "the Constitution is intended first of all for the organization of internal life, but it also regulates foreign relations, and they should be considered in new conditions, because nothing in the world is the same as it was in the conditions of the current Constitution".

"One of the most important issues is the strengthening of Armenia's defense in the external environment," he added. "We say that the army and foreign relations should provide the security component. But we need to add a third (component) - the army and foreign relations should serve the legitimate interests of a given state on the internationally recognized territory. This is a step aimed at increasing the level of security," Pashinyan stressed.