Global Media Spotlights Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Deal
Jerusalem, 10 August, 2025 (TPS-IL) -- Baku (AZERTAC) – The meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and US President Donald Trump in Washington regarding the peace agreement between Baku and Yerevan, the Joint Declaration signed by the leaders, and their statements are in the spotlight of influential media outlets around the world.
AZERTAC reports that an extensive article published by Reuters notes that Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a draft peace agreement on Friday during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, brokered by the US, that will strengthen bilateral economic ties and move towards full normalization of relations after decades of conflict.
The agency, which notes that the agreement between the rivals in the South Caucasus is a significant achievement for the Trump administration, writes that Trump, who greeted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the signing ceremony at the White House, said: “They’ve been fighting for a long time, 35 years, and now they’re friends, and they’ll be friends for a long time.”
Reuters notes that the agreement includes exclusive development rights for the US to a strategic transit corridor through the South Caucasus, which the White House believes will facilitate the export of energy and other resources. Trump said the US had signed separate agreements with each country to expand cooperation in energy, trade and technology, including artificial intelligence. He said restrictions on defense cooperation between Azerbaijan and the US had also been lifted. Both leaders praised Trump for helping to end the conflict and said they would nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The New York Post newspaper published an article titled “Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Long-Awaited Peace and Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize” stating that President Trump hosted the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, who have long been at odds, at the White House on Friday to sign a peace agreement being built around a new railway in the region. During the meeting, the leaders pledged to jointly recommend the US President for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The newspaper noted: The US-developed transit initiative, dubbed the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,” would connect Azerbaijan’s capital Baku with the Nakhchivan enclave to Turkey, while also bypassing Armenia’s sparsely populated south. “Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appeared relaxed as they signed the documents, and Trump expressed his willingness to mediate in future issues between the former Soviet republics and praised both leaders,” the article emphasized.
An article titled “Incredible Peace: Armenia and Azerbaijan Reach Peace After Decades of Conflict” published on the Euronews website notes that after nearly four decades of bloody conflict with no end in sight until recently, the two countries signed a peace agreement in the presence of US President Donald Trump. Russia, which no longer plays a central role in the South Caucasus, is not visible at this historical moment.
The article says: “Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev signed a peace agreement in Washington on Friday, in the presence of US President Donald Trump, after the bloody 40-year-old Karabakh conflict. “Today we are establishing peace in the South Caucasus,” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said, emphasizing that “today we are writing a great new history.” Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan added that the agreement represented “the opening of a chapter of peace.” Trump said: “Armenia and Azerbaijan commit to ending all wars forever.”
The article noted that Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to create a major transit corridor, dubbed the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.” It would connect mainland Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan region, which borders its ally Turkey, with Armenian territory. A White House spokesman said the new transit corridor would “enable seamless connectivity between the two countries while respecting Armenia’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and people.” For Baku, the corridor provides a direct land link to Nakhchivan, strengthens ties with Turkey, and solidifies post-war gains through infrastructure diplomacy. It also strengthens Azerbaijan’s position as a globally important transportation and logistics hub. For Yerevan, the transport route would allow it to further integrate into broader trade networks, diversify its faltering economy, and attract foreign investment. Geopolitically, it would also help Armenia normalize relations with its neighbors.
In a USA Today article titled “Trump Takes Major Step Towards Peace with Leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan,” President Donald Trump and the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Joint Declaration at the White House that ended decades of war between the two former Soviet republics and reopened critical transportation routes in the region. At the ceremony, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan praised the two-time Republican president and at one point said Trump deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. Their Joint Declaration outlines the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,” a 20-mile multimodal transit corridor through the South Caucasus connecting the two countries. The United States will have exclusive development rights to it.
The official news website of the Council of Europe published a material entitled “Armenia-Azerbaijan: A cornerstone for a solid peace.” It was noted that the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, made the following statement: “I warmly welcome today’s initialling in Washington of the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement, which paves the way for a final settlement of the long-standing conflict between both Council member states since 2001. This development is a historic milestone on the path to lasting peace in the South Caucasus – a region of vital importance for the well-being and security of all peoples. The Council of Europe stands ready to support Armenia and Azerbaijan as they turn this page of their shared history. I was particularly encouraged when the two countries announced in March that they had concluded negotiations on a draft Treaty on Peace and the Establishment of Interstate Relations. Peace efforts have remained a constant topic of discussion for both leaders. I first raised this issue with President Aliyev in Baku on the occasion of the COP last year and continued it during our bilateral meeting in Antalya in April. I commend the leaders and citizens of both nations for the political will, determination and courage they have shown in their pursuit of a just and lasting peace. “Resolving decades of mistrust, territorial disputes, and humanitarian problems requires difficult but necessary compromises on all sides. We call on both countries to do everything they can to not only achieve peace, but also to rebuild trust.”
The Global News article, titled “Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Agreement Gives US Rights to Transport Corridor,” notes that the leaders of the two South Caucasus countries shook hands before signing an agreement aimed at ending the decades-long conflict at a peace summit held at the White House. US President Donald Trump, who brought together Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, shook their hands in turn.
The article notes that the two South Caucasus countries have signed documents that will open up key transport routes with each other and with the United States. The agreement includes an agreement to create a major transit corridor called the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.” Trump said at the White House on Friday that it was a great honor for him to have the route named after him, but that he did not ask for it. A senior administration official called reporters before the event to say that the name was suggested by Armenians.
An article published on the ABC News website notes that the signing of a peace agreement between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the presence of Trump at the White House is a historic and significant event. The US President said that the leaders signed documents in the Oval Office committing to stopping fighting, opening up trade and respecting each other’s sovereignty. He added that the US is signing bilateral agreements with both countries to expand cooperation in the fields of energy, trade and technology, including artificial intelligence.
The article quotes Trump as saying: “It is a great honor for me to have a transit route named after me in this declaration. I did not ask for it – the special transit zone, the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,” will allow Azerbaijan full access to its Nakhchivan territory, while fully respecting Armenia’s sovereignty. So they can truly live and work together.”
The article emphasized that both leaders expressed their belief that President Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Washington Post reported that the signing of a peace agreement by Armenian and Azerbaijani officials at the White House, which grants the United States exclusive development rights to a strategic transit corridor, is a major global event. The pact, dubbed the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, will connect Azerbaijan with the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan through Armenia and will be a document granting the United States development rights. At the same time, the corridor, which shortens the land route from Asia to Europe, will be subleased to a consortium for infrastructure and management. It is hoped that this transit corridor will stop future fighting and open up communications in the region.
