Pashinyan arrives in Dublin amid reports of possible meeting with Aliyev

DUBLIN – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrived in Dublin on November 12 to participate in the ninth summit of the European Political Community.

The gathering brings together European leaders to discuss regional security, economic competitiveness and cooperation in an increasingly uncertain geopolitical environment.

The Armenian government has announced that Pashinyan will hold bilateral meetings with foreign counterparts during his two-day working visit.

Meanwhile, Azerbaijani media have reported that a meeting between Pashinyan and President Ilham Aliyev could take place on the sidelines of the summit.

No official confirmation of such a meeting has been issued.

The reports come as Armenia and Azerbaijan remain divided over Baku’s demand for constitutional changes before the signing of a final peace agreement.

Although Pashinyan maintains that constitutional reform is a domestic Armenian matter, he recently acknowledged that Aliyev is unwilling to sign the agreement while Armenia’s current constitutional provisions remain in place.

The controversy has intensified opposition resistance to the government’s proposed new Constitution, particularly because of its anticipated removal of the reference to Armenia’s Declaration of Independence.

A possible meeting in Dublin would therefore take place against the backdrop of unresolved political and constitutional disputes, despite progress in bilateral negotiations.