“Today we have reached an important milestone in Armenia–Azerbaijan relations. We are laying the foundations for a better story than the one we had in the past,” Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during the trilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

“This breakthrough would not have been possible without President Trump’s personal involvement and his firm commitment to peace in our region. The initialing of the peace agreement will pave the way to ending the decades-long conflict between our countries and will open a new era based on full respect for each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Today’s declarations, which will also be personally signed by President Donald Trump and to which he will personally attend the signing ceremony, provide confidence and a guarantee that we are opening a new chapter of peace, prosperity, security, and economic cooperation in the South Caucasus,” Pashinyan stated.