Aug. 8, 2025—In today’s historic peace deal—after decades of bitter conflict and tremendous suffering for both nations over the ethnically Armenian-Christian Nagorno-Karabakh enclave—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a peace deal at the White House.
Pashinyan hailed the moment as “opening a chapter of peace” and “laying foundations to a better story than the one we had in the past.” Aliyev rejoined that the nations were “writing a great new history.”
The peace deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump includes a trade deal that will create a transit corridor between the two countries, to be named the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.”
A landmark achievement for international diplomacy
The two leaders also signed bilateral economic agreements with the U.S., unlocking the great potential of the South Caucasus region in trade, transit, energy, infrastructure, and technology, and creating new opportunities for the American people and American businesses.
“For more than 35 years, Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought a bitter conflict that resulted in tremendous suffering for both nations… Many tried to find a resolution… and they were unsuccessful. With this Accord, we’ve finally succeeded in making peace,” said President Trump.
“It’s a day which will be remembered by the people of Azerbaijan with a feeling of pride and gratitude to President Trump… Within several months, he managed to put an end to conflicts in Asia, in Africa, and now in South Caucasus — what we could not achieve for more than 30 years… We will turn the page of standoff, confrontation, and bloodshed, and provide a bright and safe future for our children,” said President Aliyev.
“Today, we have reached a significant milestone in Armenian and Azerbaijani relations. We are laying a foundation to write a better story than the one we had in the past. This breakthrough would simply not have been possible without President Trump’s personal engagement and his resolute commitment to peace,” said Prime Minister Pashinyan.
The Eighth Major Peace Deal in recent months
This marks the 8th Peace Deal brokered by President Trump in recent months, including peace deals between Cambodia and Thailand, Israel and Iran, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India and Pakistan, Egypt and Ethiopia, Serbia and Kosovo, and with the Abraham Accords.
His remarkable skill in bringing opposite sides together for lasting peace is proving that nations across the globe can move beyond longstanding conflicts of the past toward a shared future of peace, prosperity and success.
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