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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that a planned corridor linking Azerbaijan with its exclave would be under Armenian control, days after Iran said it would block the project included in a United States-brokered peace accord that puts a potential Washington presence on its doorstep.

The Armenia–Azerbaijan peace process has turned a new page following a trilateral summit between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and US President Donald Trump on 8 August. … Several documents – although not an actual peace treaty – were signed during the meeting in the Oval Office, hailed as a landmark in the convoluted negotiations between the two states.

Iran has said it will block a corridor planned in the Caucasus under a United States-brokered peace accord between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which has been hailed by other countries in the region as beneficial for achieving lasting peace. … The corridor, which would pass close to the border with Iran, would be named the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, or TRIPP, and operate under Armenian law.

The leaders of archrivals Armenia and Azerbaijan will convene at the White House on Friday in a "summit" that US President Donald Trump said will yield an "official Peace Signing" that aims to end a decades-long conflict between two former Soviet republics. 

Masked Armenian police were thwarted by clergy and church supporters who blocked agents as they attempted to detain a senior Armenian Apostolic Church cleric as a standoff between authorities and the church escalates.

Armenian authorities on Wednesday arrested a prominent Christian cleric, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, along with 13 other people and charged them with orchestrating a plot to overthrow the government.

France on Monday called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to “quickly” sign a finalized peace treaty, after efforts to hammer out an agreement between the two arch-foes appeared to stall.

Russia’s top diplomat has blamed the war in Ukraine for affecting the supply of arms to Armenia, and has expressed concern that Moscow’s longstanding ally would now look to the West for military support instead.

Azerbaijan on Wednesday insisted that Armenia fulfil the country's "legitimate demands" before the two ex-Soviet republics can sign the peace treaty agreed upon last month. Baku has long called on Yerevan to amend Armenia's constitution to remove territorial claims to the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which was seized by Azerbaijan from Armenian separatist forces in 2024. 

After decades of conflict, the two moved closer to a peace deal. But outside support, especially from Ankara, is critical to maintain momentum.