Armenia to keep buying weapons from US, while respecting Washington deal with Baku

Armenia will continue procuring weapons and military equipment, but must take into account the agreement reached between Washington, Yerevan, and Baku on August 8, Defense Minister Suren Papikyan said.

“The agreements reached by Yerevan and Baku in the United States are an important factor, and they will have their consequences,” Papikyan told journalists, Caliber.Az reports per Armenian media.

He did not provide further details regarding Armenia’s future policy in the arms and military-technical sector.

The trilateral summit on August 8, 2025, at the White House—hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump—marked a breakthrough in Azerbaijan-Armenia relations, initialling a preliminary peace declaration and the "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity" (TRIPP) framework. 

The Washington summit, the first of its kind since the Soviet Union’s collapse, brought together Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and President Trump. The leaders signed a joint declaration outlining a framework for peace, emphasising sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the rejection of force. A draft peace agreement, titled “Agreement on Establishment of Peace and Inter-State Relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia,” was initialled by the countries’ foreign ministers, marking a milestone in resolving the decades-long Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.

A centrepiece of the summit was the agreement to establish the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP), commonly referred to as the Zangezur Corridor. This transit route will connect mainland Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave through Armenia, facilitating intra-state and international trade. 

By Khagan Isayev