Overview

• Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama jokingly told France’s Emmanuel Macron to congratulate a supposed Albania–Azerbaijan peace deal, prompting laughter from Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev at the European Political Community meeting in Copenhagen.
• The joke referenced President Trump’s repeated public mix-ups of Armenia and Albania when touting U.S. diplomacy, including remarks on Fox News and at a joint press conference where he also mangled Azerbaijan’s name.
• The actual agreement was a U.S.-brokered declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan announced at the White House in August, described as a step toward normalization that still requires implementation.
• Fact-checkers, including the Associated Press, have disputed Trump’s broader claims that he has ended multiple wars since returning to office.
• Despite ribbing Trump over the gaffe, Rama has also publicly credited U.S. involvement for giving a final push to advance the Armenia–Azerbaijan process.