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The policy of the Armenian government is to do everything possible to prevent a possible large-scale war by engaging in active negotiations, at the same time standing firmly in the positions of protection of the country's legitimate interests, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday.

"Those legitimate interests are the protection of Armenia's territorial integrity and sovereignty, and I cannot help but notice that a number of statements from official Baku in recent days about the legislative framework of Armenia are a violation of our country's sovereignty and interference in our country's internal affairs. Attempts to interpret that there is any provision preventing the signing of the peace treaty in the legislation of the Republic of Armenia have nothing to do with reality," Pashinyan told a cabinet meeting.

"As I said, during the negotiations of the peace treaty, Armenia and Azerbaijan managed to agree on a number of articles, and one of them is that the parties cannot refer to their legislation with the aim to refuse to fulfill any provision of the peace treaty. Therefore, there is no provision in the legislation of the Republic of Armenia that prevents the implementation of the peace treaty, and this is not only a political but also an expert assessment, the legal nuances of which I do not see the need to delve into at least at this moment," he added.