Peace is not symbolic document, it is transformation of regional  logic - MP

ArmInfo. The delegation of the RA National Assembly to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for the Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) takes part in the ongoing OSCE PA Winter Meeting in Vienna led by the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis  Khandanyan.

The member of the delegation Lilit Minasyan gave a speech in the  Meeting.

"Dear colleagues,

Over the past two months, international affairs have taken on a new  conceptual shape.  The discussions and statements delivered from the  stages of Davos and the Munich Security Conference have signaled the  emergence of a new paradigm - one marked by uncertainty and  confrontation.

For decades, the South Caucasus functioned within this very paradigm  of confrontation.  Today, however, our region has become a rare  example of choosing a different path - the path of building peace and  cooperation. This journey has not been easy. It has required  political will, responsibility, and courage.

As you know, on 8 August 2025, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol  Pashinyan, and the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, with the  witnessing and personal engagement of the President of the United  States, Donald Trump, signed a peace declaration that closed a long  chapter of enmity.

The past six months have been unprecedented in terms of the tangible  progress that Armenia and Azerbaijan have managed to achieve.

Dear colleagues,

If, a year ago, while listening to statements from Armenian and  Azerbaijani representatives, someone had suggested that within a year  we would be discussing the opening of regional communications,  expanding mutual trade, advancing economic cooperation, and  organizing reciprocal visits of official and civil society  delegations - many would have considered it unrealistic.

Yet today, these are no longer aspirations; they are ongoing  processes.

Armenia firmly believes that regional peace must be grounded in  comprehensive security, fully aligned with OSCE principles. Peace  cannot be limited to the non-use of force alone. It must also ensure  respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, human rights, and the  dignity and security of all peoples in the region.

Prime Minister Pashinyan has openly acknowledged difficult realities  and has communicated to our society that peace requires courage. It  requires preparing citizens not for renewed escalation, but for  coexistence. This is not always an easy message. But leadership  demands responsibility. It is easier to maintain hostility. It is  harder to choose a compromise. It is easier to speak to emotions. It  is harder to speak to long-term responsibility.

True strength is not demonstrated by the ability to prolong conflict,  but by the ability to end it.

Peace, in our understanding, is not a symbolic document. It is a  transformation of regional logic," the MP said.