BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 24. U.S. President
Donald Trump announced plans to sell U.S.-made defense equipment to
Azerbaijan as part of broader efforts to strengthen bilateral ties
following the peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia signed
last August, Trend
reports.
“We will strengthen our strategic partnership with Azerbaijan, a
beautiful Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Armenia,
Deals for our Great Semiconductor Makers, and the sale of Made in
the U.S.A. Defense Equipment, such as body armor and boats, and
more, to Azerbaijan,” U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his
Truth Social account.
On August 8 in Washington, President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, US President Donald Trump, and Armenian
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint declaration. One of
the points of the document provides for the launch of the “Trump
Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP) to unblock
regional communications.
During the meeting, Foreign Minister of the Republic of
Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and Foreign Minister of the Republic of
Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan initialed the draft “Agreement on the
Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations between the
Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia” and signed a
joint appeal to the current OSCE Chairperson-in-Office to close the
OSCE Minsk Group process.
