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| Trump to secure key transit route with Armenia-Azerbaijan deal – Reuters | |
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| The corridor will reportedly be part of a peace agreement which the South Caucasus states are set to sign on Friday | The corridor will reportedly be part of a peace agreement which the South Caucasus states are set to sign on Friday |
| US President Donald Trump plans to obtain exclusive US development rights to a strategic South Caucasus transit route during an upcoming meeting with the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders at the White House, Reuters has reported, citing officials. | US President Donald Trump plans to obtain exclusive US development rights to a strategic South Caucasus transit route during an upcoming meeting with the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders at the White House, Reuters has reported, citing officials. |
| Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan, both former Soviet republics, have been locked in a decades-long territorial dispute over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh since the late 1980s. Baku regained control over the predominantly ethnic-Armenian-populated territory in 2023. | Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan, both former Soviet republics, have been locked in a decades-long territorial dispute over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh since the late 1980s. Baku regained control over the predominantly ethnic-Armenian-populated territory in 2023. |
| Trump has announced that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will join him for a trilateral summit and sign a peace deal in the White House on Friday. | Trump has announced that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will join him for a trilateral summit and sign a peace deal in the White House on Friday. |
| “The United States will also sign Bilateral Agreements with both Countries to pursue Economic opportunities,” he wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. | “The United States will also sign Bilateral Agreements with both Countries to pursue Economic opportunities,” he wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. |
| According to Reuters, the peace framework will include exclusive and long-lasting US development rights to a major transit corridor through the South Caucasus. It will be named the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP), the agency wrote on Thursday, citing anonymous officials. | According to Reuters, the peace framework will include exclusive and long-lasting US development rights to a major transit corridor through the South Caucasus. It will be named the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP), the agency wrote on Thursday, citing anonymous officials. |
| The TRIPP will be operated according to Armenian law, and the US will sublet the land to a consortium for management, Reuters said. | The TRIPP will be operated according to Armenian law, and the US will sublet the land to a consortium for management, Reuters said. |
| Baku previously proposed creating a Zangezur corridor through Armenia’s Syunik Province to connect the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan – which borders Türkiye – to mainland Azerbaijan. Yerevan resisted the idea. | Baku previously proposed creating a Zangezur corridor through Armenia’s Syunik Province to connect the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan – which borders Türkiye – to mainland Azerbaijan. Yerevan resisted the idea. |
| Last month, Spanish news outlet Periodista Digital reported that Armenia quietly agreed to hand over a strategic corridor on its territory to the US. Yerevan officially denied the report, calling it “an element of hybrid warfare and manipulative propaganda.” | Last month, Spanish news outlet Periodista Digital reported that Armenia quietly agreed to hand over a strategic corridor on its territory to the US. Yerevan officially denied the report, calling it “an element of hybrid warfare and manipulative propaganda.” |
| Pashinyan has increasingly had to crack down on dissent back home, faced with protests sparked by the pro-Western leader’s handover of key Armenian border villages to Baku, which many Armenians saw as a betrayal of national interests. | Pashinyan has increasingly had to crack down on dissent back home, faced with protests sparked by the pro-Western leader’s handover of key Armenian border villages to Baku, which many Armenians saw as a betrayal of national interests. |