A trilateral meeting was held between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elnur Mammadov, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan in Washington, D.C. on August 10.
Baku and Yerevan are holding talks on the possibility of direct natural gas supplies from Azerbaijan to Armenia.
Armenia's Constitutional Court is scheduled to review the US-Armenia framework agreement on the TRIPP project for compliance with the Constitution in mid-September.
The TRIPP (“Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity”) project is of particular importance for the region, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said.
The Armenian government has included on the agenda of its July 16 meeting the ratification of the Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation with the United States on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov spoke about progress in the process of border delimitation with Armenia and recalled that a peace agreement can only be signed after territorial claims against Azerbaijan are removed from the Armenian constitution.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has signed a framework agreement on strategic cooperation with the U.S. in the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project.
According to Mirzoyan, only four months have passed since the last document on the route project was finalized
Armenia aims to position itself as a transit hub for the supply of electricity and energy resources from Azerbaijan and Central Asian countries to Europe, Armenia's Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan said during a panel discussion at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Türkiye.
Simonyan expressed hope that the conflict will enter a de-escalation phase
Armenia will submit its observations to U.S. partners regarding the draft agreement on the TRIPP initiative in the coming days, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.
A team of experts from the AECOM U.S. engineering and consulting firm has visited Armenia to begin site surveys for the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia reported.
Pashinyan clarified that the Trump Route experience would be of particular interest to Yerevan's Zvartnots Airport
The project is significant in terms of fulfilling the obligations assumed by the Armenian side
Armenia has acknowledged the possibility of cooperation with Russia in TRIPP, though its participation in the project is not under discussion. The "Trump Route" in Armenia will be implemented by an Armenian-U.S. company.
Armenia and the United States have agreed to establish the TRIPP Development Company to ensure the development and implementation of the the 'Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity' infrastructure.
Armenian Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan held a meeting with the outgoing U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia, Kristina Kvien, who is completing her diplomatic mission in the country.
A large field of activity will open for Armenia's State Revenue Committee within the framework of the 'Crossroads of Peace' project or TRIPP (Zangezur corridor), Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.
The actual implementation and construction phase of the 'Trump Route' project will begin in 2026, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported.
Moscow is ready to discuss with Yerevan its possible participation in the 'Trump Route' project (TRIPP), director of the 4th CIS Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry Mikhail Kalugin said.
