AECOM team and its Armenian government counterparts survey TRIPP site

ArmInfo.  The U.S. E,nassy in Armenia has posted the following message on its Facebook account: 

"We warmly welcomed the team from U.S. engineering consulting firm  AECOM back to Armenia last week. The AECOM team and its Armenian  government counterparts surveyed the TRIPP site for rail and other  infrastructure development to support economic growth, connectivity,  and regional integration." 

On August 8, 2025, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a seven-point joint  "Declaration of Peace" in Washington. It provides for a joint appeal  to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to  terminate the OSCE Minsk Process and related structures, as well as  the creation of a transport corridor through Armenian territory that  will connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhichevan exclave, surrounded by  Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. On January 14, 2026, the Armenian Foreign  Ministry published the framework document signed with the American  side in Washington for the implementation of the Trump Roadmap for  International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP). The 12-page document  presents the project's main goals and operational mechanisms. Among  other things, the document emphasizes Armenia's intention to sanction  and support the creation of the TRIPP Development Company. "

The company is expected to be responsible for developing the TRIPP  project, receiving an initial development right for a period of 49  years. Armenia intends to offer the United States a 74% stake in the  TRIPP Development Company, retaining 26%. This partnership is  expected to be extended for another 50 years, with an additional  ownership stake granted to the Armenian government, bringing its  stake to 49%.