The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are expected to sign a peace deal Friday at the White House that could potentially put an end to decades of conflict, US President Donald Trump said, AP reports.
Trump said Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev would also be signing agreements with the US to “pursue Economic opportunities together, so we can fully unlock the potential of the South Caucasus Region.”
Three US officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly ahead of the announcement and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the agreements included a major breakthrough establishing a key transit corridor across the region.
The agreement, according to the officials, would give the US leasing rights to develop the corridor and name it the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.”
It would link Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan region, which is separated from the rest of the country by a 32-kilometer (20-mile) patch of Armenia’s territory.
The transit corridor is expected to eventually include a railway, oil and natural gas lines, and fiber optic lines, allowing for the movement of goods and eventually people.
The deal does not call for the US to pay for the construction of the transit corridor, but instead for private corporations to develop it.

















