


ArmInfo. On October 16, Ambassador Narek Mkrtchyan met with U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff at the Holocaust Museum, within the framework of the event dedicated to Middle East Peace Summit and the Second Anniversary of October 7 attacks.
The progress of the August 8 agreements and regional developments were discussed.
Steve Witkoff reaffirmed the consistent support of the United States for the peace agenda.
Ambassador Mkrtchyan expressed his gratitude to Steve Witkoff for his efforts to establish peace and stability in the region.
On August 8, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a seven-point joint "Declaration of Peace" in Washington. It includes 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 Nakhchivan exclave, surrounded by Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. Experts believe the TRIPP (Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity) project, a 42-kilometer road in southern Armenia that will hand over control to the United States for 99 years, could significantly change the geopolitical situation in the South Caucasus.



