BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 9. The Trump Route
for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) will open entirely
new opportunities for trade, transit, and energy flows in the
region, US Vice President JD Vance said during a joint press
conference with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Armenia,
Trend
reports.


“It's going to open up a whole new world of trade, transit, and
energy flows in this region of the world, and it will create
unprecedented connections between Armenia and its neighbors. Now,
that is great for the prosperity of the people of Armenia, but it
is also great for the enduring project of peace, because when you
create these interconnected economies, energy sectors, and so
forth, it means that this region can have an enduring peace. We
don't just want to make peace with the Prime Minister and the
President's leadership. We also want to make sure that that peace
endures, and that is something that we are accomplishing here
today,” he said.


To recall, on August 8, 2025, following the results of a
trilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington,
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Armenia
Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint declaration on ensuring peace
between Baku and Yerevan and establishing transport links between
the main part of Azerbaijan and its Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
This project was named the Trump Route for International Peace and
Prosperity.


During the meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and Minister of Foreign Affairs 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 by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia to the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office (on the closure of the OSCE Minsk Process).


Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and U.S. Secretary of
State Marco Rubio met in Washington in January 2026, where they
presented a framework program for the execution of the TRIPP
project.


In their joint statement, Mirzoyan and Rubio emphasized
Armenia’s intention to approve and support the creation of the
TRIPP Development Company, which will be tasked with overseeing the
development of the TRIPP project. The company will be granted the
right to implement the project for an initial term of 49 years.


Under the terms, Yerevan plans to offer Washington a 74% stake
in the TRIPP Development Company, while retaining 26%.


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