Caucasus: Trump, Aliev, Erdogan and Netanyahu against Russia and Iran

Trump to oversee Armenia-Azerbaijan peace accord on Friday

Trump to oversee Armenia-Azerbaijan peace accord on Friday

The big picture: The deal is one of Trump’s most significant foreign policy achievements so far and could help end one of the world’s longest-running conflicts.

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Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkiye Would Lose From US Zangezur Plan

The transfer of control over the Zangezur corridor to the US is a betrayal toward both Russia and Armenian people by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Yevgeny Mikhailov, Director of the Center for Strategic Studies of the South Caucasus Countries, tells Sputnik.

Armenia’s Sovereignty Under Threat

“The Americans are now trying to take control of trade routes everywhere, including pushing into the South Caucasus—right on the doorstep of Russia and Iran,” Mikhailov says

Ceding territory to foreign powers could lead to a complete loss of Armenia’s sovereignty and a further decline in living standards

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US Control Over Zangezur Corridor Could Spell Danger to BRICS

The looming deal between the US, Armenia and Azerbaijan could further destabilize the region instead of bringing peace, Karen Igityan, political analyst and Deputy Director of the Armenian Research Institute (ARI), tells Sputnik.

The US Seeks Control Over the Caucasus

To hinder the International North–South Transport Corridor, developed by Russia and its BRICS partners

To create Western-controlled trade and energy routes between Central Asia and Turkiye, bypassing Russia and Iran

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Azerbaijan engaged in quiet diplomacy between Turkey and Israel to defuse Syria tensions

Azerbaijan — With growing influence after its recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenian separatists in 2023, Azerbaijan is using its close ties with Israel and Turkey to defuse tensions between the regional military heavyweights in Syria.

Azerbaijan’s top foreign policy adviser, Hikmet Hajiyev, confirmed Baku has hosted more than three rounds of talks between Turkey and Israel, who are both operating in Syria to reduce what they see as security threats.

“Azerbaijan is making diplomatic efforts for an agreement,” Hajiyev told Turkish journalists in Baku on a visit organized by the Istanbul-based Global Journalism Council.

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Armenia’s Sellout ‘Peace Deal’ With Azerbaijan Spells Utter Surrender – Analyst

Donald Trump teased his upcoming meeting with Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev in the White House on Friday as a “Historic Peace Summit.”

Armenia’s Minister Nikol Pashinyan will spin a peace treaty with Azerbaijan as a triumph, but it will be nothing less than an act of capitulation, political analyst Grant Melik-Shahnazaryan told Sputnik.

Mediated by the US, the deal, which is expected to be signed in Washington later on Friday, will only deepen the humiliating concessions Azerbaijan and Turkiye forced on Armenia after the 2020 war, he warned. Azerbaijan’s demands are extensive, including changes to Armenia’s Constitution.

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The Baku Process: An Open Triangle in Israel–Azerbaijan–Turkey Relations

Almost half a decade has passed since the diplomatic breakthrough in the previously informal relations between Israel and the “moderate” Sunni regimes of the Saudi-aligned Arab countries. The establishment, under U.S. auspices, of full diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in September 2020 marked the beginning of the “Abraham Accords” process, which was subsequently joined by Sudan (North) and Morocco.

However, the widely anticipated “wave” of recognition of Israel by Arab states did not materialize at that time. There were several reasons for this, including two primary ones. The driving force behind these agreements—U.S. President Donald Trump—was not re-elected for a second term in the November 2020 election. Those countries that had opted to wait for the outcome of the U.S. election before joining the process—such as Oman, which was expected to inaugurate a second round of agreements—ultimately did not become part of it.

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