Our problem is that we have always dealt with small projects. We are not used to large projects, and they have their own characteristics: there are always unresolved issues and new unresolved issues always arise. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this during a briefing, answering a question about the coordination of the TRIPP project with the Iranian side. “When there is an unresolved issue on the table, it is not resolved, and when you solve it, there are 4 new issues that need to be solved. For every 4 questions solved, 4 new questions appear to be solved. That's why the TRIPP project is such a big issue that every step of the way, as we refine one issue, there are new issues to think about. When TRIPP began to work in practice, everything changed, new issues arose that needed to be worked on,” he noted. Pashinyan added that he welcomes Turkey’s readiness, and that the time has come for any symbolic or non-symbolic, but large-scale steps in their dialogue. Relations with Iran are at a very high level, and there is a desire to sign a document on strategic partnership with Iran.

The third President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, addressed the publication by the Armenian government of a package of negotiating documents on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The official commentary entitled “What does the negotiation package on Nagorno-Karabakh reveal?”, which precedes the publication by the Armenian government on December 2, 2025 of documents relating to the negotiation process on the Karabakh issue, is nothing more than a primitive, and futile attempt to hold others responsible for the catastrophic consequences of the authorities’ failed policy on Nagorno-Karabakh carried out after May 2018. A very simple question arises: if, according to the statements of the current rulers of Armenia, the negotiation process and the proposals of the co-chairs gave advantages only to Baku, why did the Azerbaijani side, at least from 2008 until 2018, refuse all these proposals; criticized the co-chairs and even called for their dismissal? Azerbaijan, unlike Armenia, refused to accept as a basis 5 statements by the presidents of the co-chairing countries - Russia, the USA and France - on Nagorno-Karabakh, made in L’Aquila, Muskoka, Los Cabos and Enniskillen. Azerbaijan, unlike Armenia, refused to support the statements on Nagorno-Karabakh made from 2008 to 2017 by OSCE Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the OSCE Foreign Ministerial Councils and the Statement adopted at the OSCE Astana Summit in 2010, or subsequently took a step back from preliminary support. Azerbaijan, unlike Armenia, abandoned the agreements reached at the summits in St. Petersburg (June 17, 2010), Astrakhan (October 27, 2010), Sochi (March 3, 2011), Kazan (June 24, 2011), Sochi (January 23, 2012), Vienna (May 16, 2016) g.), St. Petersburg (June 20, 2016), Geneva (October 16, 2017). Having led itself to a dead end in the negotiation process, until 2018 Azerbaijan repeatedly threatened to withdraw from it, but did not do so, fearing an open confrontation with the co-chairing countries - the three permanent members of the UN Security Council - Russia, the USA and France, which have an international mandate for mediation to resolve the conflict, and accordingly fearing an open confrontation with the entire international community. At the same time, Baku, through repeated violations of the ceasefire and torpedoing the negotiation process, regularly provoked Yerevan to abandon negotiations in order to blame Armenia for the breakdown of the peace process. But the Azerbaijani side was unable to do this. Moreover, the positions of Armenia and the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group became almost consonant, which was publicly stated more than once. By refusing almost all proposals and initiatives of the co-chairing countries or regularly taking a step back from already reached agreements, Azerbaijan in its approaches to resolving the conflict has practically opposed itself not only to Armenia, but also to the international community.

The next stop on the official visit of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to Germany is the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, where a meeting with businessmen is taking place. As Armenpress reports, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan was greeted by the Director General of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Malte Heine. After the ceremonial photo shoot, a discussion began on the topic “Exploring the strategic role of Armenia in connecting Europe and Asia,” in which businessmen from various fields took part: renewable energy, information technology, metallurgy, cargo transportation, finance, banking, hotel business, etc. The following companies took part in the discussion: MB Energy, Hanbao Energien, Intertek Caleb Brett Germany, Hafen Hamburg Marketing, Aurubis, Maersk Deutschland, Hamburger Sparkasse, Hamburg Invest, etc. In his speech, Prime Minister Pashinyan presented details of the TRIPP project and the Crossroads of the World initiative, highlighting Armenia's potential as a hub for international logistics routes.

Summing up the results of 2025, we can state: the region has experienced a unique set of events - from the intensification of negotiations and preparations for the formalization of agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan to the strengthening of economic initiatives in transport logistics and outbreaks of internal political instability in individual countries. Positive: promoting conversations about corridors, increasing tourism in Armenia, major humanitarian exchanges, negotiations on logistics. Risks: pressure on religious and human rights institutions, economic uncertainty due to external sanctions and logistics restrictions, prolonged local incidents on the border. Stability will require a combination of: political will to implement agreements, guaranteed security mechanisms, economic support and programs to restore trust within societies. If this does not happen, 2026 could become a test year for the strength of the agreements reached.

The initialing of the peace agreement between Baku and Yerevan is a great success that has changed the entire atmosphere in the South Caucasus, said Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia Armen Grigoryan at the summit in Doha. “Now we are not discussing the conflict itself, but how to strengthen peace and how to institutionalize it,” Grigoryan noted. According to him, the future ratification of the peace agreement and the unblocking of communications in the region are part of the process of institutionalization of the agreements reached in Washington.

They have been teaching for a year now, and not only at school, but in Kirants in general there have been no incidents, Nikol Pashinyan said during a visit to Kirants with a group of citizens. “This wall is a tool to ensure our security,” the RA Prime Minister noted, pointing to the Kirants wall, dividing the Armenian-Azerbaijani territory. He emphasized that first, after the demarcation, the border guards of the Republic of Armenia and Azerbaijan left the trenches, at the second stage they took off their helmets and bulletproof vests, and at the third stage they agreed that magazines could not be placed on machine guns. “This is an additional security concept and our understanding of the peace agenda, and I stand here now and have no fears. We might not have built this wall, it was just that the population at that time reacted violently. Although symbolically the wall is very important, because when we talk about recognizing the territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia, I now know where the Republic of Armenia begins and where it ends. And I know that my powers end at this wall,” noted the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. He said that we recognized the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, but we did this in order to ourselves recognize the territorial integrity of our country. “Now goods are already arriving in Armenia by rail through Azerbaijan, and other goods will soon arrive, some will come from Armenia. Kirants is a peaceful village. Kirants has grown by 50% since the demarcation,” added the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

It is unacceptable for Ukraine to surrender its territory. This was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Alexander Syrsky, RBC-Ukraine reports in his Telegram channel. “Of course, it is unacceptable for us to simply give away territory. What does it even mean to surrender our land? Therefore, we are not giving up our territory,” he said. According to him, a just peace for Ukraine means “peace without preconditions,” as well as the absence of abandonment of territories and a ceasefire along the current front line. Previously, Alexander Syrsky refused to acknowledge the loss of Krasnoarmeysk (Ukrainian name - Pokrovsk). According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces allegedly still hold positions in Mirnograd.

US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker believes that peace between Russia and Ukraine is closer than ever. “For us, this is probably the best opportunity. We can say that we are close... closer to peace than ever,” the EFE agency quoted him as saying on Saturday. The permanent representative noted that “this will not be peace at any cost, since ultimately the Ukrainian side will have to accept any agreement reached, and the Russian side will have to demonstrate a sincere desire to end this war.”