
ArmInfo. Numerous facts indicate that many forces are not interested in opening the TRIPP Route. Meanwhile, everyone benefits from the project. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this on October 29 during a discussion entitled "At the Crossroads of Leadership" at the VIII Paris Peace Forum.
Pashinyan noted that, according to the Peace Declaration adopted in Washington on August 8, lifting the blockade of communication routes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which Yerevan also hopes will lead to the opening of borders between the two countries, will open communication channels from the Persian Gulf, from the Gulf of Oman to the Black Sea, and create a new link between the Caspian and Mediterranean Seas. Armenia will also have rail links with Iran, Russia, and Central Asia.
The Armenian prime minister once again expressed his gratitude for Baku's decision to lift restrictions on cargo transit to Armenia. Yerevan, in turn, is prepared to lift the communication blockades for Baku. Armenia is ready to ensure the transit of trucks from Azerbaijan to Turkey and vice versa.
As a reminder, on August 8, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a 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 Nakhchivan exclave. The TRIPP (Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity) project, a 42-kilometer road in southern Armenia, whose management will be entrusted to the United States for a period of 99 years, according to experts, has the potential to significantly change the geopolitical situation in the South Caucasus.