Pashinyan Says

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia will begin commissioning design work for the railway, highway, and power transmission lines for the Trump Route in order to avoid any delays in the project’s implementation. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the US agreed to establish the route during the Washington summit of August 2025. The massive infrastructure project would connect Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan through Armenian territory.

An Armenian flag and, in the distance, an Azerbaijani military position overlooking Kapan airport. The position appeared after Armenia’s 2020 defeat, when districts around Nagorno-Karabakh were handed to Azerbaijan. 📷 Karen Harutyunyan By Hrair Balian Defeated in the 2020 and 2023 wars, without a military deterrent or a defense treaty ally, Armenia’s only realistic alternative to renewed war is a negotiated de-escalation with Azerbaijan.