US - After almost four decades of a bloody conflict that until recently had no end in sight, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a peace agreement in the presence of the US President Donald Trump.
Notably absent in this historic moment is Russia, which no longer plays a central role in the South Caucasus. Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev signed a peace agreement on Friday in the presence of US President Donald Trump in Washington, after almost four decades of a bloody Karabakh conflict. “We are today establishing peace in the South Caucasus,” Azerbaijan's President Aliyev said. "Today we are writing a great new history." Armenian Premier Pashinyan added that this agreement represented "opening a chapter of peace". "(We are) laying foundations to a better story that the one we had in the past," he added. "The countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan are committing to ending all fighting forever," Trump said at a joint press conference with the two leaders. "They suffered greatly for so many years, many tried to find resolution, the European Union, the Russians, never happened," he added. "But with this accord we finally succeeded in making peace." (Euromnews)
