Pashinyan pledges full normalization with Türkiye ahead of election
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan delivers a speech during a press conference for Armenia's Republic Day in Yerevan on May 28, 2026. (Photo by KAREN MINASYAN / AFP)
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has pledged to complete the normalization process with Türkiye if reelected in the country’s pivotal June 7 general election, which is widely seen as a de facto referendum on his government’s pro-Western foreign policy shift.
“I am confident that we will achieve the goal of normalizing relations with Azerbaijan and Türkiye. This will complete our balancing foreign policy and create new opportunities for Armenia to become a qualitatively new state,” Pashinyan said in a video message posted on social media on June 1.
Pashinyan argued that the absence of diplomatic ties with Türkiye reflects an imbalance in Armenia’s foreign relations.
