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White House: Infrastructure, economics at center of Trump Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal
President Trump is putting infrastructure development and economic deals at the center of a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as the administration pushes to achieve a historic truce in a decades-long conflict in the south Caucuses. Trump will host Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev for a signing ceremony at the White House on Friday. Included in the deal is a call for developing the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP). The White House described it as a multimodal transit area connecting mainland Azerbaijan and its Nakhchivan enclave, an autonomous region bordered by Armenia, Iran and Turkey. The White House said the transit corridor, which will cut through Armenia, will respect Yerevan's 'sovereignty and territorial integrity and its people.' The regional transit corridor is a long-held desire for Azerbaijan, and the Trump deal triggered pushback from Armenian diaspora groups in the U.S. who oppose moving forward with Baku without justice for years of conflict and the more recent Azerbaijani takeover of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, once an autonomous, Armenian stronghold. 'Real peace must be predicated on justice and accountability for Azerbaijan's ongoing human rights violations — these issues shouldn't be left on the back burner,' Alex Galitsky, program director at the Armenian National Committee of America advocacy group, told Politico. 'A deal that rewards Azerbaijan's aggression, undermines Armenia's sovereignty, and denies justice to Artsakh's Armenians will only make it harder to resolve these critical human rights issues down the line.' Part of the agreements being signed Friday include a commitment by Yerevan and Baku to sign a joint letter calling for the dissolution of the Minsk Group — chaired by the U.S., France and Russia — that was established to find a peaceful solution to the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Trump administration said Armenia is bought in for the economic benefits expected from the transit corridor and separate deals signed with the U.S. Trump is expected to sign separate deals with Azerbaijan and Armenia spanning energy, technology, economic cooperation, border security, infrastructure and trade. 'Armenia walks out of this with an enormous strategic commercial partner, probably the most enormous and strategic in the history of the world, the United States of America. They wind up without concern about yesterday's conflict, and they're completely and totally optimistic about tomorrow's future,' a senior administration official said. The deal signed Friday is a directive to set up the TRIPP negotiating team to establish the commercial entities in control of development. The negotiations are likely to begin next week. 'Since the announcement yesterday morning, I received calls from nine different operators. I was pleased to see three different American operators,' a senior administration official said. 'We're going to get everybody around the table. We're going to find the most first-class operating system that we can, not because it brings peace, although that's a fantastic thing, but it's also going to bring commercial prosperity, which will ensure peace beyond just today's signing ceremony.' But the signing ceremony does mark a significant breakthrough in a devastating, more than three-decade conflict and has drawn bipartisan praise. 'This administration's infrastructure plan is a new and powerful element that could finally move the two sides closer to a ratified peace treaty. Good move,' Michael Carpenter, who served as former President Biden's senior director for Europe at the National Security Council, wrote on social media. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Trump says US will assist with ‘food centers' in Gaza
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Putin blames frustration in peace talks on ‘inflated expectations'
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that peace talks with Ukraine have been stalled due to 'inflated expectations' as leaders continue to urge the Kremlin to shift course. 'All disappointments come from inflated expectations,' Putin told reporters Friday, according to The New York Times. 'In order to solve the issue in a peaceful way, we need deep conversations, not in public, but in the silence of a negotiating process,' he added. One of the most vocal critics of Russia's repeated airstrikes has been President Trump, who promised to end the conflict in Ukraine within 24 hours if elected to the presidency. As his administration surpasses its six-month mark, negotiators have been unable to make headway as a past temporary ceasefire agreement fell through. After Trump issued a a 50-day timeline for Russia to agree to a peace deal in mid-July, he shrunk the deadline on Monday and said he wanted to see progress in 10 to 12 days. Trump is threatening to impose strict tariffs on the Kremlin and their trading partners, including India and China, if headway isn't made. 'I gave him to a lesser number, because I think I already know the answer what's going to happen,' Trump said Monday while standing beside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland. But Russia's leaders have brushed aside the president's ultimatum. 'Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin. The world shuddered, expecting the consequences,' Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chair of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, wrote in a mid-July post on the social platform X. 'Belligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn't care,' added Medvedev, who also previously served as president and prime minister of Russia. In a Monday post on X, Medvedev continued the battle. 'Trump's playing the ultimatum game with Russia: 50 days or 10…' he wrote. 'He should remember 2 things: 1. Russia isn't Israel or even Iran. 2. Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war,' Medvedev wrote. 'Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country. Don't go down the Sleepy Joe road!' Trump hit back on Friday urging the leader to 'watch his words.' 'I don't care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care. We have done very little business with India, their Tariffs are too high, among the highest in the World,' Trump wrote on Truth Social. 'Likewise, Russia and the USA do almost no business together. Let's keep it that way, and tell Medvedev, the failed former President of Russia, who thinks he's still President, to watch his words. He's entering very dangerous territory!' the president added. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
