Iran, Armenia vow closer dialogue after Washington peace summit

During a working visit to Tehran, Secretary of Armenia's Security Council Armen Grigoryan held a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to review the agreements reached between Yerevan and Baku during the August 8 summit in Washington.

According to Caliber.Az, citing Armenian media, the meeting was confirmed in a statement issued by the press service of Armenia's Security Council.

“The interlocutors discussed the agreements achieved on August 8 between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which the Secretary of the Security Council described as an important milestone in the peace process,” the statement said.

It added that President Pezeshkian noted that recent high-level contacts between Armenia and Iran, as well as his official visit to Yerevan, had “contributed to the effective elimination of uncertainty in Iran.”

Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining a consistent dialogue aimed at elevating bilateral relations to the level of a strategic partnership.

As previously reported, a Joint Declaration was signed in Washington on August 8 during a summit hosted by US President Donald Trump and attended by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The leaders endorsed a seven-point framework reaffirming the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the renunciation of the use of force.

During the summit, the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia initialled a draft “Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Inter-State Relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia,” with President Trump, President Aliyev, and Prime Minister Pashinyan serving as witnesses to the signing.

A key provision of the agreement is the creation of the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP) — also referred to as the Zangezur Corridor — a transit route through southern Armenia designed to connect mainland Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave, with the aim of boosting regional connectivity and economic cooperation.

By Tamilla Hasanova