In a surprise move that marks their promotion in its backyard, the White House announced that later today and will sign a preliminary peace agreement to strengthen the economic ties between the two countries whose conflict in the regional balances.
The “signatures” for the Caucasus will fall … to the White House
According to White House spokesman Anna Kelly, Trump said he will sign separate agreements with both Armenia and Azerbaijan on energy, technology, economic cooperation, border security, infrastructure and trade.
Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev’s president and Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian were expected to reach the White House for talks and signing ceremony around 2:30 pm (local time), one of the officials said.
According to what has been known among those agreed, is the US granting the exclusive rights to develop a strategic transit corridor that will run through the South Caucasus and will be known as … “Trump route for international peace and prosperity”.
US is gaining interests in the southern Caucasus
According to Reuters, senior Trump government officials have argued in discussions with reporters that this agreement is the first to end one of the many frozen – from the end of the Cold War – clashes in the Russian region and believe it will send a strong message to the whole region.
“It’s not just about Armenia. It’s not just Azerbaijan. It concerns the whole area and know that the area will be safer and more prosperous with President Trump, “said a senior government official.
Armenia and Azerbaijan for several months, following the de facto annexation of Nagorno Karabakh to Azerbaijan after a lightning attack in 2023 (a move made with the support of Turkey), have begun an attempt to converge and resolve their disputes.
A peace agreement could essentially transform the South Caucasus, an area with rich energy deposits adjacent to Russia, Europe, Turkey and Iran, which is crossed by oil and gas pipelines, which dominate “hard” and long -haired borders.
“Trump Corridor” – Wedge between Russia and Iran
According to the documents that the leaders will sign on Friday, Armenia will grant the United States exclusively special development rights for a prolonged period in a transit corridor that will be called Trump for international peace and prosperity and well -known. The tripp will connect Azerbaijan to its exquisite, Nachicevan, an area known as Zanguezur corridor.
These announcements, for those who know the Zanguezur issue, must have already caused particular nervousness in both Moscow and Tehran, as movements from Azerbaijan to Nachicsevan in this way bypass Iran, while cutting off the Iranian.
