Armenia and Azerbaijan on Aug. 8 signed a U.S.-backed joint declaration aimed at ending decades of conflict between the two South Caucasus nations.
Hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also signed a second agreement paving the way for a U.S.-developed regional transit corridor.
To be called the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP), the land corridor will link Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave, which is separated from the mainland by Armenia and shares a border with Turkey.
According to geopolitical analyst Ana Maria Evans, the planned route “has the potential to induce significant geopolitical, economic, and security changes in the region and beyond.”…
US-backed Transit Route Set to Reshuffle South Caucasus Trade, Geopolitics
