Azerbaijan has made Armenia's constitutional reform a central demand for a peace agreement, with presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev stating on August 4 that the process has effectively begun. Baku claims the preamble of Armenia's constitution, which references the 1990 Declaration of Independence and the 1989 decision on reunification with Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), constitutes a territorial claim. While Armenian authorities have repeatedly denied this interpretation, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has argued for a new constitution that removes the reference to the Declaration, saying it is incompatible with peace. This has created a contradiction where the government disputes Azerbaijan's accusation while implementing its requested solution.