The Pan-Armenian Council of Diplomats has issued a statement warning that the so-called TRIPP (Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity) program contains provisions that seriously threaten Armenia’s strategic autonomy, placing vital infrastructure and transit routes under the influence of foreign actors.
The Council called “misleading” the claim that Armenia’s blockade is being lifted. It argued that presenting the results of the August 8 Washington trilateral summit as historic peace and a breakthrough in regional connectivity is an exaggerated and deceptive narrative. It accused the current administration of routinely making secret agreements without public consultation on matters of existential importance to Armenia.
According to the statement, while the TRIPP initiative is said to operate under Armenia’s sovereignty and jurisdiction, there are serious concerns regarding territorial integrity and long-term state viability. The agreement, instead of ensuring reciprocal and sovereign access, institutionalizes asymmetric routes and “corridor logic” favoring Azerbaijan while deepening Armenia’s vulnerabilities.
The Council warned that the deal jeopardizes not only Armenia’s interests but also those of major regional powers that have already voiced reservations. It risks creating new geopolitical dividing lines in the South Caucasus and could trigger fresh confrontations. Forcing strategic infrastructure agreements without regional consensus undermines the delicate balance of power and threatens wider regional security.
The statement also accused the Armenian government of launching a calculated disinformation campaign to conceal the real nature of the agreement, showing its awareness of the deal’s harmful consequences. If the agreement truly served national interests, the Council said, there would be no need for manipulation.
It further warned that international praise for the so-called Armenia-Azerbaijan peace dangerously ignores the coercive conditions under which the deal was reached, amid threats, occupation, and violations of the rights of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Armenian population. “True peace cannot be imposed under external pressure or founded on injustice,” the statement stressed.
The Council concluded that lasting peace is possible only when all local and regional stakeholders are genuinely committed to an inclusive, just, and honorable settlement. Any peace built on exclusion, coercion, or deception is doomed to fail. It condemned as hypocrisy any government effort to present agreements as achievements while ignoring territorial loss, displacement of hundreds of thousands of Armenians, destruction of heritage, hostage-taking of Armenian leaders, and ongoing unlawful demands against Armenia.
It called on the people of Armenia, the diaspora, and the international community to reject dangerous illusions and accurately assess the challenges facing Armenia.
On August 8, at the White House, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint declaration summarizing the results of the Washington meeting. In Washington, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, in the presence of the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the U.S., pre-signed the “Agreement on Establishing Peace and Interstate Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.”
