Trump shares video footage from meeting with Azerbaijani president

US President Donald Trump has posted a video on the social network Truth Social featuring footage of a meeting with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia at the White House.

The video features excerpts from the leaders’ speeches, Caliber.Az reports.

“It’s a big, beautiful honor to welcome everyone to the White House for this very historic peace summit between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” Trump said.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev thanked Trump for his contribution to the settlement, noting that “President Trump brings peace to the Caucasus, and we are grateful for that.”

“We will turn the page, stand up confrontation and bloodshed,” President Aliyev added.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in turn, also commended Trump’s peacemaking efforts, saying: “Today’s great achievement is yet another testimony to your global leadership and your legacy as a statesman and a peacemaker on the world stage.”

The Washington meeting, 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