‘Good friends of mine,’ Trump praises ‘great leaders’ Pashinyan and Aliyev

US President Donald Trump has praised Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev as “great leaders” after the August 8 signing of the Washington accords. 

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump described the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders as “good friends of mine.”

“Great Honor being with the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, and the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, as we signed a Peace Treaty after decades of War and Death. These are two wonderful men, and Great Leaders. They are now good friends of mine,” Trump said, posting a photo with the two leaders in the White House.