Details of Pashinyan-Aliyev meeting in Copenhagen

ArmInfo. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met in Copenhagen, Denmark on 2 October 2025, on the margins of 7th Summit of the European Political Community.

Both sides highlighted the significance of agreements reached during  Washington Peace Summit initiated by the US President Donald J.  Trump. They reaffirmed readiness to work for further strengthening of  peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia underscored  the benefits of transport communications in the region, discussed  current progress of infrastructural development in the territory of  Azerbaijan and TRIPP project in the territory of Armenia, exchanging  views about the implementation of Washington Declaration.

In this regard, the sides welcomed the decision adopted unanimously  on the closure of the OSCE Minsk Process and its related structures.   Both sides highlighted the importance of further implementing  Confidence-Building Measures and agreed to continue their contacts.

A meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took place in Copenhagen. This was  announced on the Prime Minister's Facebook page, which also published  a 20-second video without sound.

As a reminder, on August 8, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint "Declaration of  Peace" in Washington. It includes a joint appeal to the Organization  for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to terminate the OSCE  Minsk Process and related structures, as well as the creation of a  transport corridor through Armenian territory that will connect  Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave. The TRIPP (Trump Route for  International Peace and Prosperity) project, a 42-kilometer road in  southern Armenia, whose management will be entrusted to the United  States for a period of 99 years, is believed by experts to have the  potential to significantly change the geopolitical situation in the  South Caucasus.

On September 1, 2025, the OSCE announced the official dissolution of  the OSCE Minsk Group, mandated to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict. Based on a joint statement by Yerevan and Baku, the  structure will be completely dissolved by December 1, 2025.

Regarding TRIPP, Pashinyan stated on September 29 in a conversation  with Armenian journalists in Strasbourg that discussions around the  "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity" project have  already begun. An American delegation recently visited Armenia and  held a series of meetings with government representatives and  relevant agencies. However, he stated that no specific agreements  have been reached at this time. Pashinyan believes this is due to the  fact that the Trump administration clearly has a very broad global  agenda. Nevertheless, he added, discussions on the specific content  and the project have already begun. "Specifically, we are currently  working on who should design the project, how we should design it,  and who should finance it, because a railway needs to be designed,  right?" Pashinyan asked. As Pashinyan indicated, the TRIPP  infrastructure project will operate in the Republic of Armenia, and  its business model will be agreed upon bilaterally between the United  States and Armenia. TRIPP, consisting of several dozen kilometers of  various infrastructure facilities, will have both regional and global  significance and impact.

Nevertheless, President Aliyev continues to promote the opening of  the so-called "Zangezur Corridor" at various international forums. He  most recently spoke about it at the UN. This sometimes even surprises  Pashinyan, as he did recently at PACE, when he called on all those  repeating Aliyev's words to at least familiarize themselves with the  Washington documents, which make no mention of it.

However, already on October 1, from the podium of the Armenian  parliament, Pashinyan suggested that by "Zangezur Corridor," the  Azerbaijani leadership meant a road on its territory, specifically  between the cities of Horadiz and Zangelan. "Therefore, when they say  'Zangezur Corridor,' you should know that they are not talking about  Armenia; they are talking about their own country. Therefore, let's  consider this topic closed. ... They use the term 'Zangezur  Corridor.'" Let them call it whatever they want, we have no  problems," Pashinyan said.