White House press secretary shares Azerbaijani ambassador’s praise of Trump In historic Azerbaijan-Armenia peace

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared on her X account an interview given by Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United States, Khazar Ibrahim, to the Washington Examiner.

In the interview, titled "Azerbaijani ambassador praises Trump as ‘true peacemaker’ after historic Azerbaijan-Armenia deal", Ambassador Ibrahim highlighted the key role of the Trump administration in initialling the landmark peace accord between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

The diplomat noted that since the beginning of President Trump’s second term, Baku was confident that the U.S. leader would achieve meaningful progress in the Caucasus region.

On August 8, 2025, a Joint Declaration was signed in Washington during a summit hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, attended by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

The leaders endorsed a joint declaration outlining a seven-point framework emphasising sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the renunciation of force.

Foreign ministers from both nations initialled a draft “Agreement on Establishment of Peace and Inter-State Relations,” witnessed by Trump, Aliyev, and Pashinyan. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the deal as a historic step toward enduring peace.

A key feature of the agreement is the creation of the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP), also called the Zangezur Corridor — a transit passage through Armenia’s Syunik province connecting mainland Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave.

By Aghakazim Guliyev