BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 9. Armenia is creating an exclusive partnership with the United States to develop the Zangezur Corridor, which could extend for up to 99 years, and then they promise in 99 years they'll extend it, said U.S. President Donald Trump during his meeting at the White House with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.
"Armenia and Azerbaijan are committing to stop all fighting forever, open up commerce, travel and diplomatic relations and respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity. So importantly, and I just spent a lot of time with these two men. I think they're going to have a great relationship. This declaration establishes what they are calling a great honor for me, I didn't ask for this the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, which is a special transit area that will allow Azerbaijan to get full access to its territory of Nakhchivan, well, fully respecting Armenia's sovereignty, so they're going to be able to really live and work together. And it's amazing. So that's a very important territory, I guess, very special territory to you and to you, and now they work together. Armenia is also creating an exclusive partnership with the United States to develop this corridor, which could extend for up to 99 years. And then they promise, in 99 years, they'll extend it, right? You promise, but we anticipate significant infrastructure development and American companies are very anxious to go into these two countries, and they're going to spend a lot of money, which will economically benefit all three of our nations. This is incredibly positive news for the future of the entire region, and it's a very important region, as you know. Additionally, the US is signing a bilateral agreement with both countries to expand cooperation and energy trade and technology, including AI, and in terms of energy. Chris is here representing our country. And there's nobody better than Chris Wright. And Chris, I understand it's very fertile. It's a very fertile area," he said.