Department of State: U.S. supports efforts to promote peace, territorial integrity and stability in the South Caucasus
04/08/2025 20:57:00 Caucasus, Politic, World
U.S. ambassador to Türkiye and special envoy for Syria, Tom Barrack has spoken about Washington's proposal to manage the Zangezur transport corridor.
"Azerbaijan and Armenia are arguing over 32 kilometers of road, but this is no joke. It’s been going on for a decade – 32 kilometers of road.
So what happens is America comes in and says, “Okay, we’ll take it over. Give us the 32 kilometers of road on a hundred-year lease, and you can all share it.” Tom Barrack said at a briefing on July 11.
The Accent was interested in what the nature of the possible participation of the U.S. government would be, and whether the U.S. sees Georgia's role in the broader framework of East-West transport corridors, including any developments related to the Zangezur corridor?
In response to these questions, a State Department spokesperson told the Accent the following:
- “The United States supports efforts to promote peace, territorial integrity, and stability in the South Caucasus.”
More context: Media outlets have today reported that a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev will take place in Washington on Friday.
According to reports, U.S. President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House for the signing of a peace agreement.
Pashinian’s office said that it “can neither confirm nor deny” the information “at the moment.”
“At this point, as you know, we have not released any official statement, and we therefore ask you to consider the information about the visit [to Washington] confirmed only after the official statement,” it told the Armenpress news agency.
There was no immediate reaction from Baku.
Pashinian and Aliyev most recently met in Abu Dhabi on July 10. They discussed, in particular, the possibility of initialing an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty finalized by the two sides in March.
Speaking a week after the Abu Dhabi talks, Trump stated that Armenia and Azerbaijan are “pretty close” to striking a peace deal. But he did not elaborate.
