Washington, (EFE) .- President Donald Trump sponsored this Friday at the White House the signing of an agreement between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan who, according to the president, will end almost four decades of conflict in the South Caucasus and that he raises his open aspirations to achieve the Nobel Peace.
“Armenia and Azerbaijan commit to cease fighting, open trade, allow trips, restore diplomatic relations and respect sovereignty and mutual territorial integrity,” Trump said, accompanied by Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinián, and the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, moments before signing the agreement.
The basis of the agreement is the reopening of a key corridor that, at Armenia’s proposal, will be named after the Republican leader: Trump’s route for international peace and prosperity (Tripp).
Until now, known as Zanguezur runner, it is a route of about 43 kilometers that connects Azerbaijan with its Najicheván enclave through Armenian territory in which commercial transit will be allowed without obstacles.
As previous agreements negotiated by the Trump administration, the Covenant has a high economic component, since the United States will have development rights over this strategic route, although the control of the territory will continue in Armenian hands.
“They fought for 35 years and are now friends and will remain friends for a long time,” Trump said in the event.
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A long -running conflict
The former Soviet refuels of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been faced since the late 1980s, when Nagorno-Karabaj-a Azerbaijana region with a majority population Armenia-separated from Azerbaijan with the support of Armenia.
The conversations for the arrangement of the last conflict began in 1994, after the signing of a high fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan after the first Nagorno Karabaj war.
For almost thirty years there were several attempts to approach, but without these efforts being given fruits. In fact, the skirmishes were constant on the border.
After the Second War of Nagorno Karabaj, who turns five this September, the parties resumed their conversations in an apparent attempt to solve once and for all the oldest conflict of the extinct USSR.
In search of the Nobel Peace
Both the Armenian Prime Minister and President Azerbaiyano highlighted Trump’s efforts to achieve peace in the South Caucasus and agreed that the president deserves to be recognized with the Nobel, an award that the president has claimed for himself several times within his rivalry with Barack Obama, who received it in 2009.
“Can I make a suggestion? We may agree with Prime Minister Pashinián to send a joint request to the Nobel Committee to grant President Trump the Nobel Peace Prize,” said Aliyev.
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Pashinián also asked Trump to invite them to the ceremony when he receives the prize, and the Republican said both will be in the front row.
In addition to the agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Trump administration has claimed its mediation in conflicts between India and Pakistan; Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Thailand and Cambodia; But he has not managed to resolve the wars of Ukraine and Gaza, his two great objectives.
Among other world leaders who have requested the award for Trump, are Israeli Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu, Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Manet, and the Pakistan government.
Russia loses influence on the Caucasus
The agreement also shows the loss of influence of Russia as a mediator in the South Caucasus, a region in which it played a central role from the fall of the USSR in 1991 until the Second Nagorno-Karabaj War in 2020, being now replaced by the United States.
Following the large -scale war in Ukraine, Moscow lost influence capacity, as Azerbaiyan strengthened his relationship with Türkiye and Armenia, a traditional ally of Russia, began to turn towards the West.
In addition to the joint agreement, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed cooperation agreements with the United States on energy, technological and economic development.
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