The Hayakve initiative has released the results of a July 2025 survey conducted prior to the August 8 Washington agreement, calling the data revealing.
According to the findings, 74% of respondents said peace with Azerbaijan is not possible. This marks a significant increase compared to earlier polls.
The initiative attributes the shift to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric, which, it claims, signals a lack of genuine interest in peace.
The statement noted that, even after the August 8 agreement, Aliyev returned to Baku and continued making demands about Armenia changing its Constitution, reducing its military, granting a corridor, and settling Azerbaijanis in Armenia.
"Upcoming polls will help clarify how public sentiment has shifted post-agreement, though a dramatic change is unlikely," Hayakve added.
On August 8, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint Declaration at the White House. In their presence, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov initialed a draft agreement on establishing peace and inter-state relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
