Azerbaijani President Ilham Alijev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pasjinjan signed a statement of peace in the White House on Friday, under the watchful eye of US President Donald Trump. American media report that. The statement must put an end to the 35 -year conflict between the two countries.
It is unclear what exactly was agreed between the two countries. A big pain in the relationship between the two countries is the Enclave Karabach, where in particular Armenians lived until Azerbaijan took the area in 2023. More than one hundred thousand Armenians fled before the violence.
According to the AP news agency Important routes will be reopened in the area. There will be a corridor from Azerbaijan to the enclave nachetsvan in Armenia, where many ethnic Azerbaijans live. This route is currently called the Zangezur corridor, but is being renamed the ‘Trump route for international peace and prosperity’ (Tripp). President Trump called that a great honor on Friday.
The leaders of both countries granted Trump extensively for his role in the establishment of the peace statement. Pasjinjan spoke of an “important milestone”, Alijev thought that Trump “had done a miracle” in the past six months. Both leaders indicated that the American president deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his work.