WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with Armenia and Azerbaijan’s leaders to sign U.S.-brokered peace deal at White House
Summary
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are signing a U.S.-brokered peace deal at the White House, aiming to end decades of conflict. The agreement includes plans for a transit corridor in the South Caucasus, linking Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan region through Armenia.Key Facts
- Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev have agreed to sign a peace deal in Washington, D.C.
- The deal addresses the long-standing conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
- A proposed transit corridor will link Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan region via Armenian territory.
- The U.S. will have leasing rights to develop this corridor, called the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.
- Private companies, not the U.S. government, are expected to fund the development of the corridor.
- Previous peace efforts to resolve the conflict had failed; this peace deal represents a significant breakthrough.
- The conflict began in the late 1980s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading to wars that resulted in large-scale displacement and loss of life.
- Azerbaijan regained control of Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023, which led to mass displacement of ethnic Armenians to Armenia.
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