Vance to visit Armenia, Azerbaijan as US advances post-conflict corridor deal – Firstpost

US Vice President JD Vance is set to travel to Armenia and Azerbaijan in February,
President Donald Trump said on Friday, as part of efforts to reinforce a peace agreement signed between the two countries and to advance initiatives tied to that deal.

Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a US-brokered agreement in August aimed at ending a decades-long conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan most recently took over in 2023.

Trump thanks leaders and outlines corridor plans

“I want to thank President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia for honoring the Peace Agreement we signed last August,”
Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

“In February, Vice President Vance will travel to both Countries to build on our Peace efforts, and advance the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,” he said, referring to a transit corridor created as part of the agreement.

The corridor through Armenia connects Azerbaijan, which is to its east, to its Nakhchivan exclave to the west. The agreement gives the United States development rights to the corridor.

Strategic, industrial and defence elements

Trump said the United States would “strengthen our strategic partnership with Azerbaijan, a beautiful Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Armenia” and organise “Deals for our Great Semiconductor Makers.”

He also mentioned “the sale of Made in the U.S.A. Defense Equipment, such as body armor and boats, and more, to Azerbaijan.”

The US State Department said this month Armenia would give the United States a nearly three-quarters stake in the development of the corridor, an agreement Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed as a “model for the world”.

Rubio met with Azerbaijan’s foreign minister this week and commended the country’s recent shipments of fuel to Armenia as evidence of a “continued commitment to the historic peace deal,” the State Department said.