Peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia 'hopefully, pretty soon': Rubio
The US top envoy says Trump's foreign policy accomplishments would see peace come through between Baku and Yerevan.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday said that there will hopefully be a peace deal soon between Azerbaijan and Armenia, but offered no other details.
US President Donald Trump's foreign accomplishments would include "hopefully, pretty soon, a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia", Rubio said during a meeting of US President Donald Trump's Cabinet at the White House.
Relations between the two former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian military occupied Karabakh — a territory internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan — and seven adjacent regions.
Most of the territory was liberated by Azerbaijan during a 44-day war in the fall of 2020, which ended after a Russian-brokered peace agreement that opened the door to normalisation and demarcation talks.
In September 2023, Azerbaijan established full sovereignty in Karabakh after separatist forces in the region surrendered.