Armenia’s Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said future meetings between Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders and foreign ministers may still take place, following an informal conversation between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President Ilham Aliyev in Tirana.

"This is good news," he emphasized, according to RFE/RL.

However, Simonyan did not confirm whether any agreement was made regarding a future meeting between the two leaders. He added that he has no information on such an arrangement.

On May 16, after a six-month pause, Pashinyan and Aliyev met in the Albanian capital, where, according to official Yerevan, they discussed the current situation and stressed the importance of continuity in the peace process and progress toward signing a treaty.

Asked if the parties are nearing the signing phase, Simonyan responded, “Discussions are ongoing, and there is agreement to continue.”

Two months ago, Azerbaijan conditioned the peace agreement on Armenia amending its Constitution and dissolving the OSCE Minsk Group.

Today, Simonian announced that the parties are coordinating the time and location for signing the treaty, while an Azerbaijani presidential aide reiterated Baku’s preconditions in an interview with Iranian media.

"Armenia must constitutionally renounce any territorial claims against Azerbaijan for stable peace in the region," the Azerbaijani official said.

“There’s no deadlock. Armenia has proposed several solutions to what Azerbaijan calls ‘proposals’, and discussions are ongoing. We believe these issues cannot and should not obstruct the peace treaty, as Azerbaijan’s concerns have no legal basis,” Simonyan stated.

Meanwhile, in an interview with Iran’s Tasnim agency, the Azerbaijani aide noted positive momentum but acknowledged unresolved bilateral issues.

Armenia is also prepared to co-sign a declaration on dissolving the OSCE Minsk Group. A draft of a new Constitution is in development at the Ministry of Justice. Authorities insist this is driven by internal policy, not external demands. The Prime Minister has already stated that the new document should, in his view, exclude any reference to the Declaration of Independence. Baku demands that this reference be removed from the Constitution’s preamble.