Pashinyan expressed gratitude to the President of Azerbaijan upon receiving the Hessian Peace Prize.

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, upon receiving the Hessian Peace Prize in Wiesbaden, expressed gratitude to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, stating that he is equally deserving of the award.

According to the press service of the Armenian government, during the award ceremony, Pashinyan reiterated that peace was established between Armenia and Azerbaijan on August 8, 2025, as a result of the Washington Peace Summit and the joint declaration adopted there. Moreover, according to the Armenian Prime Minister, the true path to peace began in the spring of 2024, when the border delimitation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan was launched for the first time in post-Soviet history.

"Since then, neither side has suffered any casualties as a result of border incidents, which is unprecedented since the early 1990s." In 2024, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed and ratified the first document of interstate significance: the Regulation on the Joint Activities of the Commissions on Delimitation and Demarcation of the State Border between the Two Countries. This document establishes the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration as the fundamental principle for delimiting and demarcating the border between our two countries. This means that Armenia and Azerbaijan recognize each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty in accordance with the territories of the two Soviet republics. This principle is also enshrined in the Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which our foreign ministers initialed during the Washington Peace Summit," Pashinyan noted.

The initialing of this agreement and the adoption of the Washington Declaration on Peace, according to the Armenian Prime Minister, marked a historic breakthrough in relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In this regard, he expressed gratitude to US President Donald Trump, noting that his personal involvement was crucial. "I would also like to express my gratitude to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who is equally deserving of this award," the Armenian Prime Minister added.

Pashinyan then touched on the Trump Road to International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project, noting that it is another important outcome of the Washington peace summit. The Armenian Prime Minister noted that work is currently underway on its implementation on a daily basis. He also assured that the countries' task is no longer to revive the past, but to transform these traditions into a new era of interstate and good-neighborly relations—with respect for each other's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence.

"Peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been established." Of course, it's not perfect. There are many issues, including humanitarian ones, that concern our societies. Missing persons, detainees, demining. These are issues whose resolution will require further efforts from both Armenia and Azerbaijan. And I hope that we will successfully resolve all of these problems," Pashinyan noted.

As a reminder, the €25,000 prize has been awarded by the Albert Oswald Foundation since 1994. The purpose of the prize is to recognize efforts to end wars, violence, or conflicts involving the threat of violence, preventive measures, the development of strategies to prevent violent conflict, and contributions to mutual understanding between peoples. The prize was established by former Hesse Prime Minister Albert Oswald (Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD) and his family.