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Eurasia
09/08/2025 01:08
At the heart of the agreement is the creation of a strategic transit link, the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP), connecting Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave via Armenian territory. The United States has secured exclusive development rights for the corridor, which will operate under Armenian law through a U.S.-backed consortium.
In parallel, Washington signed separate bilateral agreements with both countries covering energy, trade, technology—including artificial intelligence—defense cooperation, border security, and infrastructure. As part of the deal, long-standing restrictions on U.S.–Azerbaijan defense relations were lifted.
U.S. officials hailed the agreement as the first successful resolution of a post–Cold War frozen conflict in Russia’s neighborhood, underscoring its potential to shift regional power balances in a zone traditionally dominated by Moscow. Both Pashinyan and Aliyev publicly credited Trump’s diplomatic role, pledging to jointly nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The TRIPP corridor is expected to boost economic activity, improve connectivity in a strategically vital energy and pipeline hub, and potentially pave the way for Azerbaijan’s integration into broader regional peace initiatives such as the Abraham Accords.
