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Trump claims he ended war between ‘Aber-baijan' and Albania
Sign in or or Become a member to unlock the audio version of this article The Caucasus is changing — so are we. The future of journalism in the region is grim. Independent voices are under threat — and we're responding by building a newsroom powered by our readers. Join our community and help push back against the hardliners. Become a member US President Donald Trump has claimed that he stopped a war between 'Aber-baijan' and Albania during a long-winded rant to conservative talk show host Mark Levin. Trump has repeatedly struggled to correctly pronounce Azerbaijan in public statements. Trump's comments were an apparent reference to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia and the recent meeting he hosted at the White House between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. During the meeting, the two leaders signed a joint declaration and initialled, but did not sign, a peace treaty. The comments came amidst a list of seven conflicts that Trump claimed he had resolved in the first six months of his second term as president. Following an apparent assertion that the India–Pakistan war was the 'easiest' to solve, he went on to discuss the Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict. 'A lot of amazing, amazing things. You saw the Aber-baijan. That was a big one going on for 34, 35 years with, uh, Albania. Think of that. I mean, going on for years, and I got to know the heads, and I got to know them through trade. I was dealing with them a little bit, and I said, 'Why are you guys fighting?' Then I said, 'I'm not gonna do a trade deal if you guys are gonna fight'. It's crazy'. Trump then continued addressing the issue, describing the circumstances of the Pashinyan–Aliyev meeting in the White House. 'Anyway, one thing led to the other and I got that one settled. And that was one that people said is not — you couldn't settle it. Even when I had them both in the Oval Office at the end, when they were getting ready to sign, they were sitting next to each other. They were trying to get away. They didn't feel good. By the end of an hour, they were hugging each other and congratulating each other. It was beautiful to watch, actually'. Advertisement The White House meeting resulted in both Aliyev and Pashinyan signing a seven-point declaration enshrining the progress towards peace, as well as initialling a 17-part peace deal. Nonetheless, the peace agreement remains unsigned officially, as Azerbaijan has demanded that Armenia change its constitution as a precondition. It is unknown when the peace treaty will ultimately be inked. Perhaps the most tangible outcome of the meeting was the announcement of a plan, dubbed the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP), to connect Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan, through Armenian territory. The route is intended to be managed by a yet-unnamed US company. Both Pashinyan and Aliyev said they would nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, something he has long openly coveted.
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3 hours ago
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The CIS ‘welcomes' Washington peace declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Sign in or or Become a member to unlock the audio version of this article The Caucasus is changing — so are we. The future of journalism in the region is grim. Independent voices are under threat — and we're responding by building a newsroom powered by our readers. Join our community and help push back against the hardliners. Become a member The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) 'welcome[s]' the moves towards peace achieved at the recent Washington meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and US President Donald Trump, CIS General Secretary Sergei Lebedev has said. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan are members of the CIS, a regional organisation consisting of nine successor states of the former Soviet Union. However, Armenia has increasingly distanced itself from the ostensibly Russia-led CIS in recent years as Yerevan's relations with Moscow have weakened. 'Just as we welcomed the signing of the interstate border agreement between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan back in the day, we are equally happy to welcome this joint declaration', Lebedev said, referring to one of the documents signed by Pashinyan and Aliyev in Washington. 'We believe this is one of the steps toward the final resolution of disagreements and the achievement of a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia'. Lebedev added that the ultimate signing of the peace treaty would 'enable [the CIS] to conduct full-fledged meetings of the CIS supreme bodies more effectively in [Armenia and Azerbaijan]. I sincerely hope, as secretary general, that these countries will now participate more actively in CIS affairs'.
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5 hours ago
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Armenia's ex-President Ter-Petrosyan compares Pashinyan to Gaddafi and Hussein
Sign in or or Become a member to unlock the audio version of this article The Caucasus is changing — so are we. The future of journalism in the region is grim. Independent voices are under threat — and we're responding by building a newsroom powered by our readers. Join our community and help push back against the hardliners. Become a member Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan has appeared to compare Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to notorious leaders such as Muammar Gaddafi of Libya and Saddam Hussein of Iraq, saying they all 'unwillingly or intentionally [...] create instability themselves'. The comments appeared in a lengthy post published on Tuesday on Facebook, with its title labelling Pashinyan as 'the main factor in destabilising Armenia's domestic political life'. 'Any head of state, who is, of course, not insane, seeks above all to create stability in their own country. There are, of course, truly insane leaders (Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, and others) who, unintentionally or deliberately, contrary to this imperative, themselves create instability', the post read. Ter-Petrosyan went on to criticise Pashinyan's political moves in several issues, including his response to the 'rightful demands' of the Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian refugees. Ter-Petrosyan specifically criticised his 'reproaches, insults, and at times, vulgar expressions'. Ter-Petrosyan went on to mention Pashinyan's other 'failure[s]', including his crackdown on the Armenian Apostolic Church since late May, which he called 'unforgivable and dangerous adventurism'. According to his assessment, the initiative was 'aborted due to strong nationwide counteraction'. Lastly, Ter-Petrosyan touched upon the developments around the Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA), following the detention of its owner Samvel Karapetyan in late June. Advertisement Karapetyan has been accused of calls of usurpation of power in Armenia, following his remarks in defence of the church. In July, the Armenian Parliament adopted legislative amendments to nationalise the ENA. Talking about the adopted bill, Ter-Petrosyan called it 'Pashinyan's next provocative action', adding that the move itself was an 'unconstitutional initiative'. He also characterised Karapetyan's detention and the raids of his businesses as 'unlawful punitive actions', as well as being 'yet another factor undermining the much-needed stability in our country'. 'In short, Pashinyan's adopted impulsive course of action is truly aimed not at the critically needed unity of our nation, but solely at its division', Ter-Petrosyan concluded. Ter-Petrosyan and Pashinyan are former allies; together they led a series of protests following the 2008 presidential election. In 2012, Pashinyan was elected as an MP representing Ter-Petrosyan's Armenian National Congress Alliance. However, their relations have deteriorated recently, with both sides harshly criticising each other. A recent example of this was Ter-Petrosyan's support for the church, including two meetings with Catholicos Karekin II, since Pashinyan's crackdown Following this, Ter-Petrosyan became a target of Pashinyan's criticism and was labelled a 'state-ruining scourge'. Earlier in June, Pashinyan, along with members of his Civil Contract party, accused Ter-Petrosyan of being 'the founder of the practice of election fraud' in Armenia.
