On the signing ceremony, US President Donald Trump stated, “It is a very long time. Thirty-five years they fought and now they’re mates and they’ll be mates for a very long time.”
He defined that the brand new transit route will give Azerbaijan full entry to the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh whereas respecting Armenia’s sovereignty. The US will develop the hall for “as much as 99 years.”
“They are going to have the ability to actually reside and work collectively,” Trump added.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev assured that there can be no turning again from the deal. “There needs to be little question and no suspicion that any of the edges would step again. If any of us, Prime Minister Pashinyan or myself, had in thoughts to step again, we would not have come right here. So that you could be completely positive, in addition to the Azerbaijani group, that what has occurred right now will end in peace–long-lasting peace, everlasting peace within the Caucasus.”
Trump additionally mirrored on his administration’s efforts over the previous months. “I got here in and this complete world was on hearth. All this stuff had been form of occurring. We have solely been right here for six months. The world was on hearth. We took care of nearly each hearth,” he stated.
Each Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev stated they might nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
“We’ll defend that, and we’ll promote for that,” Pashinyan stated.
Aliyev added, “Who, if not President Trump, deserves the Nobel Peace Prize? … As quickly as we [return], we’ll conform to concern a joint letter.”
US Senator Marco Rubio additionally praised the achievement in a submit on X (previously Twitter), “Underneath @POTUS’s management, the US introduced the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia collectively to succeed in a peace deal that can finish a long time of battle. This historic deal will make the area stronger and open new doorways for American commerce and funding. We congratulate each international locations on a brand new period of peace.”
In response to the White Home, the association additionally provides the US unique growth rights to a transit route throughout southern Armenia. This hall is predicted to spice up cooperation in power, know-how, and the financial system between the nations.