Here are some of the key points made by Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan during his speech yesterday at the Atlantic Council in Washington D.C.

• Armenia has suspended its participation in the Moscow-backed CSTO (Common Security Treaty Organization) but remains a member of the Eurasian Economic Union.
• Armenia continues to expand relations with the European Union.
• Armenia cannot have democracy, peace and security without peace.
• Armenia hopes to conclude a peace deal with Azerbaijan as soon as possible.
• Armenia actively dialogs with Turkey.
• Armenia pursues a balanced foreign policy, focusing on regional relations.
• Armenia has proposed no deployment of third-party forces along demarcated sections of its border with Azerbaijan.
• Armenia has agreed to have a provision in the peace treaty stating that Armenia and Azerbaijan have no territorial claims against each other and will not raise such claims in the future.

Read full text of Pashinyan’s remarks here.