U.S. president on benefits of TRIPP to Armenia 

ArmInfo.   U.S. President Donald Trump has described the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal brokered by his administration earlier this summer as a "historic" event.

Trump spoke about the Armenian-Azerbaijani accords during his meeting  with leaders of five Central Asian nations in Washington, D.C.

"Three months ago, my administration also brokered a historic peace  agreement between nearby Armenia and Azerbaijan," Trump said in  televised remarks. "One of the eight wars that we ended in eight  months - at that time, eight months."

The U.S. President said he highly appreciates the fact that the  connectivity project in Armenia will be named after him: the Trump  Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP).

"As I said at the time, that historic accord includes the  construction of the new Trump Route. It's such a beautiful thing.  They named it after me. I really appreciate it. It's actually a big  deal. But it's the new Trump Route for International Peace. This is a  road that's being carved and goes through some of the most important  places anywhere in the world - some of the most important places  economically as well, which will boost commercial activity on the  other side of the Caspian Sea, helping nations throughout Central  Asia. I'm optimistic that each of the countries here today will reap  the benefits of peace if they embrace the opportunity that we've  unleashed with the agreement," President Trump said.

He also said that his administration is working to end the  Russia-Ukraine war.

"We're looking to end one more, if that's possible - Russia and  Ukraine. We haven't gotten there yet, but I think we've made a lot of  progress," he said.

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.