US Armenia Azerbaijan hail progress

US Armenia Azerbaijan hail progress

The United States, Armenia and Azerbaijan marked the first anniversary of their 2025 White House summit with a joint statement describing progress toward lasting peace. The statement said the sides had preserved border stability, taken steps to normalize relations and worked on delimiting their frontier while reaffirming respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The countries also pointed to progress on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, a planned multimodal transit link across Armenian territory that would connect mainland Azerbaijan with Nakhchivan and broader trade routes. They said Washington had allocated $201 million to a fund supporting private investment in the Middle Corridor.

The statement added that trade flows had increased over the past year, with 60,000 tons of goods moving to and from Armenia through Azerbaijan and 20,000 tons of petroleum products sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia. It also recalled that at the 2025 summit, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint declaration and their foreign ministers initialed a peace agreement text.

Key Events

  • The United States, Armenia and Azerbaijan issued a joint statement on Aug. 10 marking the first anniversary of the 2025 White House summit.
  • The three governments said the summit had helped end decades of conflict and put the South Caucasus on a path toward a more prosperous future.
  • They said Armenia and Azerbaijan had maintained border stability, advanced normalization, and worked on delimiting their frontier.
  • The statement reaffirmed support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countries within their internationally recognized borders.
  • The countries highlighted progress on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, a planned transport route across Armenian territory linking mainland Azerbaijan with Nakhchivan and wider Trans-Caspian trade networks.
  • They backed construction of an electricity transmission line along the route.
  • Washington said it had allocated $201 million to the Trans-Caspian Enterprise Fund to support private-sector investment in the Middle Corridor.
  • The statement said 60,000 tons of goods had moved to and from Armenia through Azerbaijan over the past year after transit restrictions were removed, and Azerbaijan had supplied Armenia with 20,000 tons of petroleum products.
  • The 2025 summit produced a joint declaration signed by Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev, while the foreign ministers initialed a peace agreement text.