"US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Azerbaijan on February 10 as he continues a trip to the Caucasus aimed at shoring up support for a US-brokered peace deal with Armenia and to push a strategic transit corridor Washington sees as central to reshaping trade, energy, and influence in the region. Vance made the short flight from Yerevan to the Azerbaijani capital of Baku following two days of meetings with Armenian officials."
"In June, Armenia signed a US-brokered a deal with Azerbaijan aiming to end more than 40 years of conflict over the Karabakh region. The centerpiece of the agreement is a proposed 43-kilometer road-and-rail corridor, to be called the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP), that would run through Armenia and link Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave while opening a new East-West trade artery bypassing Russia and Iran."
U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Azerbaijan on February 10 to reinforce backing for a U.S.-brokered peace deal with Armenia and to advance a strategic transit corridor meant to reshape regional trade, energy, and influence. He flew from Yerevan to Baku after two days of meetings with Armenian officials and signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement enabling up to $5 billion in initial U.S. exports plus about $4 billion in longer-term fuel and maintenance contracts. Vance became the first sitting U.S. vice president to visit Armenia and called the trip very productive, expressing optimism about the peace deal. The agreement centers on a proposed 43-kilometer TRIPP road-and-rail corridor linking Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan and opening an East-West artery bypassing Russia and Iran.
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