Trump Announces Peace Deal Between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ending 35 Year War

He wants the Nobel Prize.

He deserves it, but won't get it. To get the Nobel Peace Prize, you need to accomplish absolutely nothing in bringing about Peace, like America's first gay president Barack Obama did.

President Donald Trump on Friday announced a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, ending decades of conflict and creating a new trade corridor called the "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity."

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Trump hosted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for the signing in the Oval Office, later announcing the agreement in the State Dining Room.

The pact commits both countries to permanently end fighting, normalize relations, and respect sovereignty, while granting Azerbaijan full access to Nakhichevan -- a landlocked exclave of Azerbaijan separated from the rest of the country by Armenia -- via a U.S.-partnered transit route that could last up to 99 years.

U.S. companies are expected to invest heavily in the region, with Trump also announcing new bilateral agreements on trade, energy, and technology -- including artificial intelligence.

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Trump drew parallels to his earlier success using trade leverage to secure peace deals, such as the agreement he brokered between Thailand and Cambodia.

Both leaders praised Trump for bringing the 35-year conflict to an end. Aliyev called it "a day which will be remembered by the people of Azerbaijan with a feeling of pride and gratitude to President Trump," while Pashinyan described it as "a significant milestone" in bilateral relations, crediting Trump's "personal engagement and resolute commitment to peace in our region."

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