President Trump To Host “Historic Peace Summit”

President Trump will host a peace signing ceremony at the White House on Friday for a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Leaders of both countries will join Trump for the ceremony.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have engaged in numerous cross-border conflicts for the past several decades.

“I look forward to hosting the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, at the White House tomorrow for a Historic Peace Summit. These two Nations have been at War for many years, resulting in the deaths of thousands of people. Many Leaders have tried to end the War, with no success, until now, thanks to ‘TRUMP.’ My Administration has been engaged with both sides for quite some time. Tomorrow, President Aliyev AND Prime Minister Pashinyan will join me at the White House for an official Peace Signing Ceremony,” President Trump said on Truth Social.

“The United States will also sign Bilateral Agreements with both Countries to pursue Economic opportunities together, so we can fully unlock the potential of the South Caucasus Region. I am very proud of these courageous Leaders for doing the right thing for the Great People of Armenia and Azerbaijan. It will be a Historic Day for Armenia, Azerbaijan, the United States, and, THE WORLD,” he added.

Axios has more:

Armenia has agreed to allow a 43.5-km corridor through its territory — to be developed by the U.S. and named the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” — linking the bulk of Azerbaijan to a small Azeri enclave on the Turkish border.

The corridor would allow people and goods to travel between Turkey and Azerbaijan and beyond to Central Asia without passing through Iran or Russia. That’s not currently possible because the Armenia-Azerbaijan border is closed and highly fortified.

Iran strongly opposes the project, and Russia has also criticized it, while Turkey is strongly in favor. Both countries are former Soviet Republics, but have had strained ties with Moscow in recent years.

Armenia dropped its own longstanding opposition to the corridor during talks with the U.S.

The Trump administration’s involvement in the conflict started in March when White House special envoy Steve Witkoff traveled from Moscow on a surprise visit to Baku.

BREAKING:

Reuters reports that Trump has secured exclusive rights for the U.S. to develop the Zangezur transit corridor connecting Turkey and Azerbaijan through Armenia as part of a new peace framework between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The Trump Route for International Peace and… pic.twitter.com/PPQO7hjygX

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 7, 2025

Previously, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack revealed the United States proposed leasing control of the transport route.

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“They’re arguing over 32 kilometers of road,” Barrack said.

“So what happens is America comes in and says, ‘okay we’ll take it over,'” he continued.

“Give us the 32 kilometers of road on a 100 year lease and you can all share it,” he added.

Watch below:

U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye, Tom Barrack, on the Zangezur Corridor: “Türkiye, Armenia & Azerbaijan are arguing over 32 km of road. Then the U.S. says: ‘Lease it to us for 100 years and you can share it.” pic.twitter.com/tVlC04T5v0

— The Azeri Times (@AzeriTimes) July 14, 2025

Reuters noted:

Armenia and Azerbaijan have been at odds since the late 1980s when Nagorno-Karabakh - an Azerbaijani region that had a mostly ethnic-Armenian population - broke away from Azerbaijan with support from Armenia. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan won independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

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A peace deal could transform the South Caucasus, an energy-producing region neighboring Russia, Europe, Turkey and Iran that is criss-crossed by oil and gas pipelines but riven by closed borders and longstanding ethnic conflicts.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan are to join Trump at the White House for talks and the signing ceremony, the U.S. officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

They are to sign a framework aimed at reaching a "concrete pathway to peace" and addressing a long-simmering transit issue, the officials said.

Azerbaijan has asked for a transport corridor through Armenia, linking the bulk of its territory to Nakhchivan, an Azerbaijani enclave that borders Baku's ally Turkey.