Trilateral agreement to be signed in Washington would send a powerful signal to the entire region - Reuters
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Reuters has reported new details about the agenda of the trilateral meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, U.S. President Donald Trump and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, to be held in Washington on August 8.
According to Reuters, a senior American official, who was not named, said that President Trump will meet separately with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the White House, beginning at 2:30 p.m., with a trilateral meeting scheduled for 4:15 p.m.
The agreement reportedly includes exclusive U.S. development rights to a strategic transit corridor through the South Caucasus, referred to as the "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity."
The source said that at least nine companies had in recent days expressed interest in operating the transit corridor.
"It's being done, not through force, but through commercial partnership ... with these two countries," the official said. "The joint declaration that we're going to see signed today is the first-ever peace declaration signed bilaterally by the two countries since the end of the Cold War."
“This isn’t just about Armenia. It’s not just about Azerbaijan. It’s about the entire region, and they know that that region is known to be safer and more prosperous with President Trump,” Reuters quotes a senior administration official said.