The prime minister says the proposed text will make repatriation the ultimate objective of Armenia’s relations with its diaspora and will undergo further revision.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the country’s new constitutional draft would be published during November 2026 and revised further. He outlined the plan at a 5 November 2026 meeting with diaspora affairs commissioners, according to the government’s account of his remarks.
The timetable narrows an earlier plan: on 16 September 2026, Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan said the draft was to be published before the end of 2026, after discussions with partners. Pashinyan has said the Justice Ministry prepared it on his instructions.
Pashinyan said the draft would set repatriation—the return of people to their homeland—as the ultimate objective of Armenia’s relations with its diaspora. He described that goal as people making Armenia the center of their lives and activities.
He said he wanted Armenians to identify with the Republic of Armenia as an important, inseparable part of their identity, expressed also through Armenian citizenship and activity in the country.
The commissioners were in Yerevan for the third Global Armenian Summit. Pashinyan said their cooperation, under the chief commissioner, should focus on developing Armenia’s state institutions and economy. The meeting also addressed cooperation with diplomatic missions and closer Armenia–diaspora ties.
In an earlier parliamentary statement, Pashinyan said publication would be followed by public discussion and proposals. He envisaged revising the draft, having the government approve it and sending it to parliament, with subsequent developments depending on parliamentary discussion.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says the government has decided to make repatriation the ultimate goal of Armenia’s relations with its diaspora, while including it in a draft rather than an adopted constitution.
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