Trump announces peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia
The two nations have been in conflict for almost forty years over control of the Karabakh region
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President Trump announces peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The joint peace declaration between Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev was signed yesterday at the White House, which could put an end to decades of conflict.
The two countries in the South Caucasus region signed an agreement that will create a major transit corridor to be called the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, the White House said.
This route will connect mainland Azerbaijan with its autonomous region of Nakhchivan, separated by a 32-kilometre strip of Armenian territory. It was a request from Baku that had stalled peace negotiations between the two nations.
Separately from the joint agreement, both Armenia and Azerbaijan will sign agreements with the US to strengthen cooperation in the fields of energy, technology and the economy, the White House said.
The two nations have been in conflict for almost forty years over control of the Karabakh region, known internationally as Nagorno-Karabakh. This area, largely inhabited by Armenians during the Soviet era but located within Azerbaijan, has been the scene of numerous violent clashes resulting in tens of thousands of deaths over the decades, while attempts at international mediation have always failed. More recently, Azerbaijan regained the whole of Karabakh in 2023 and has been in talks with Armenia to normalise relations.
