Historic Azerbaijan-Armenia peace agreement signed at White House

August 09, 2025 / 4:31 PM

Sharjah 24 – WAM: The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia signed an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict as they were hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, BBC reported.

Leaders commend agreement as a new chapter

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shook hands after the US president described the event as "historic".

Key transport routes to reopen

"It's been a long time coming," Trump said of the agreement, which will reopen some key transport routes between the countries and increase US influence in the region.

New transit corridor to link Azerbaijani territories

Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to create a major transit corridor that will connect mainland Azerbaijan and its Nakhchivan region.

Longstanding conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan and Armenia fought over Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnically Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, in the 1980s and 1990s, and violence has flared up in the years since.