US-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan peace framework and TRIPP corridor

A US-brokered peace framework between Armenia and Azerbaijan was signed at the White House, laying out a pathway to end more than three decades of conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and introducing a cross-border transit corridor that would connect Azerbaijan’s mainland to its Nakhchivan exclave. The agreement grants the United States exclusive development rights to a 27-mile corridor, known as the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, or TRIPP, for 99 years, and envisions a broader set of economic, transit, and security arrangements designed to reshape regional connectivity and influence.

At the heart of the deal is the TRIPP corridor, a multimodal transit path that would pass through Armenian territory to link Azerbaijan with Nakhchivan. The United States would oversee development and operation through a private company, with negotiations on the corridor’s management to begin promptly. Officials described the arrangement as a major connectivity project that could open new trade routes between East and West, potentially accelerating flows of goods, energy and investment through the South Caucasus, and improving access to Central Asia and beyond. Proponents argue the...