Overview

• Armenia and Azerbaijan initialed a provisional peace framework at the White House on August 8 that centers on a transit link through Armenia connecting Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave, known as TRIPP.
• Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says roads on Armenian territory will remain under Armenian jurisdiction with security provided by Armenian forces, while a new Armenian–American entity would handle commercial management.
• Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian criticized an American management role during an August 19 visit to Yerevan, and Russia’s Foreign Ministry cautioned against extra‑regional control.
• Georgia’s government publicly welcomed the accord, but opposition figures and experts warn the proposed route could marginalize Georgia in Middle Corridor trade and reduce the significance of the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway.
• Key operational questions over governance, security arrangements, and management of TRIPP remain unresolved, reflecting both domestic constraints in Armenia and pushback from regional powers.