Overview
- In Yerevan, Vice President JD Vance signed a civil nuclear cooperation accord that U.S. officials say enables up to $5 billion in initial exports and about $4 billion in longer-term fuel and maintenance contracts.
- Vance met President Ilham Aliyev in Baku and signed a strategic partnership charter that includes U.S. plans to supply new boats for Azerbaijan’s territorial waters protection in the Caspian Sea.
- Washington advanced the TRIPP corridor, a roughly 43-kilometre link across southern Armenia to connect Azerbaijan with Nakhchivan, with development rights granted to a U.S. firm while Armenia retains sovereignty.
- The White House-backed framework remains incomplete as the final peace treaty has not been signed by leaders or ratified by parliaments, with foreign ministers only having initialed the text.
- Human rights pressures continued as Armenian groups urged action on detainees held in Azerbaijan and protests in Yerevan highlighted sovereignty concerns tied to large infrastructure plans.