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Trump to Host Armenian and Azerbaijani Leaders for White House Peace Talks

Scheduled days before Armenia’s planned constitutional referendum, the summit will test US proposals to manage a contested corridor linking Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave

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An Azeri soldier is seen at fighting positions near the village of Taghavard in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, January 18, 2021. Picture taken January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov/File Photo
A general view shows Agdam town in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, November 24, 2020. Picture taken November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
An ethnic Armenian soldier looks through binoculars as he stands at fighting positions near the village of Taghavard in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, January 11, 2021. Picture taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Artem Mikryukov/File Photo

Overview

  • President Trump will convene Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President Ilham Aliyev in Washington on Friday to seek a framework for ending the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • Both sides approved draft peace treaty text in March but have seen only sporadic progress in subsequent negotiations
  • Last month’s talks in Abu Dhabi yielded no breakthrough on finalising the agreement
  • Azerbaijan is demanding that Armenia amend its constitution’s preamble to remove references to Nagorno-Karabakh before signing a peace deal
  • The United States has proposed overseeing a 32-kilometer transit corridor through Armenia to link Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave, a plan that remains politically sensitive in Yerevan