The Hayakve national civic movement issued a statement warning that the package of “capitulation documents” signed on the evening of August 8 by Armenia’s leadership with Azerbaijan’s president and the U.S. administration could lead to the disintegration of Armenia.
According to the group, by signing the request to dissolve the OSCE Minsk Group, the government effectively accepts Azerbaijan’s seizure and depopulation of Nagorno-Karabakh, violating the rights, dignity, and property of 140,000 displaced Armenians. They argue that this nullifies generations of struggle for Karabakh’s freedom and gives Baku’s authoritarian regime a green light for further aggression, territorial expansion, and ethnic cleansing against Armenia.
The statement claims that the Pashinyan–Aliyev initialed memorandum carries no binding obligations for Azerbaijan, serving only to mislead credulous voters with an illusion of peace ahead of elections, while in exchange Prime Minister Pashinyan agreed to provide Azerbaijani and Turkish unhindered transit through Armenian territory near Meghri toward Nakhichevan—without any reciprocal arrangement from Baku. This, they say, is nothing less than granting a corridor to an aggressor.
The group also warns that:
- Armenia would become the only country in the South Caucasus hosting a U.S. military presence, placing it at the center of a great power confrontation with serious consequences.
- Parallel military presence of opposing blocs in Armenia could turn the country into a “new Syria” and increase the risk of fragmentation.
- The “peace crossroads” promise would instead cut the strategic Russia–Georgia–Armenia–Iran cooperation chain and create conflict within the Eurasian Economic Union by undermining its single customs space.
- Armenia’s blockade would remain intact, with borders with Azerbaijan and Turkey still closed.
- Armenian captives in Baku would not be released, occupied territories would not be returned, and Azerbaijan would continue pressing aggressive demands on Armenia.
Hayakve argues that fulfilling the obligations undertaken in Washington would have disastrous consequences for Armenia. Acknowledging that most of the public opposes the deal, the group claims Prime Minister Pashinyan will now try to consolidate authoritarian control and suppress growing resistance. They call on all parliamentary factions to immediately initiate a vote of no confidence in the prime minister to derail the agreement and prevent new waves of repression.
The movement reaffirmed its commitment to contribute to the lawful removal of what it calls the “anti-national government” and to mobilize broad public unity toward that goal.
On August 8, during a trilateral meeting at the White House between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, a joint declaration was signed summarizing the results of the Washington talks. In Washington, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, in the presence of the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the U.S., also initialed the “Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.”
