A senior lawmaker from the ruling Civil Contract party announced that the draft constitution would not include a reference to Armenia’s Declaration of Independence, the removal of which has been a precondition set forth by Azerbaijan’s president for signing a peace deal with Armenia. Azerbaijan claims that the mention of Armenia’s Declaration of Independence in the preamble of the current constitution signals territorial claims from Azerbaijan, since the declaration contains a provision calling for the reunification of Armenia and Artsakh. While Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has rejected Baku’s claims, he has called the declaration of independence “a declaration of war” saying that a new constitution must not make reference to Armenia’s finding document, seemingly echoing Baku’s demands. “Has the reference to the Declaration of Independence been removed from the text of the Constitution? Does the preamble, which is supposed to be included in the draft, contain a reference to the Declaration of Independence?