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U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan in February, President Donald Trump has announced, months after the U.S.-brokered peace summit took place in Washington, D.C.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump thanked Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for “upholding the peace agreement.”
He said that Vance will visit both countries in February to “build on our Peace efforts, and advance the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.”
“I want to thank President Aliyev of Azerbaijan, and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia for upholding the Peace Agreement we signed last August. This was a nasty War, 1 of 8 that I have ended, but now we have Prosperity and Peace. In February, Vice President Vance will travel to both Countries to build on our Peace efforts, and advance the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity. 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. Thank you!” Trump said.
The Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) is a connectivity project in Armenia, envisaged under the U.S.-brokered Armenian-Azerbaijani joint declaration signed in Washington, D.C. The project is expected to unlock strategic economic opportunities, create long-term benefits by promoting infrastructure investment, and enhance regional connectivity. TRIPP is part of the Crossroads of Peace project, and an Armenian-American joint enterprise is expected to develop the route.