Armenia and Azerbaijan told the United Nations this week that Armenia Azerbaijan peace has moved from fragile ceasefire language into practical steps, citing trade, transit openings, and the TRIPP connectivity project after the August 2025 Washington summit.
On Sept. 24, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York. Both stressed progress since the Washington Peace Summit agreements and highlighted unblocking economic and transport links, including early trade and transit exchanges.
Armenia Azerbaijan peace framed as de facto at UN
Bayramov told the assembly Azerbaijan has achieved “de facto peace” with Armenia, pointing to lifted transit restrictions and regular oil supplies from Baku to Yerevan after the leaders signed a joint declaration in Washington last August with U.S. President Donald Trump as witness. He cast the thaw as proof that disputed neighbors can reset relations under mutual recognition of sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Pashinyan bets on TRIPP rail and regional corridors
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told the General Assembly that peace is opening “new opportunities” for the South Caucasus. He said implementing TRIPP could restore Armenia’s railway link with Azerbaijan for the first time since the early 1990s and connect China, Central Asia, Turkey, and the European Union through new routes. He noted Azerbaijan has already opened railway access to Armenia via Georgia since the summit.
Connectivity also points toward Turkey and Nakhchivan
Pashinyan linked TRIPP to restoring rail between Armenia and Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave, which would reconnect Persian Gulf and Black Sea corridors. He also said Armenia is pushing normalization with Turkey, echoing remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the same UN session. Mirzoyan and Bayramov agreed to keep a direct dialogue going.
Open questions remain despite warmer language
Neither side claimed a fully ratified final treaty on every outstanding issue, and border delimitation details still matter on the ground. Still, the UN week marked a rare stretch where Yerevan and Baku sold the same story: war-era blockages are giving way to commerce, oil logistics, and corridor diplomacy that allies from Washington to Ankara want locked in before politics reverse the gains.
