Physical work on TRIPP, the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, has been pushed back to 2027, according to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. The project had previously been expected to move into construction by the end of 2026.
TRIPP is seen as one of the central components of the preliminary Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement signed in Washington in August 2025. The plan calls for a transit route of roughly 42 kilometers across Armenian territory to connect mainland Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave before linking into Turkey’s road and rail system.
The route is also being positioned as an important part of the emerging Middle Corridor trade network. The United States and Armenia signed a framework agreement on TRIPP’s development in early 2026, but several key operating and governance details remain unresolved. Under that agreement, the United States is set to hold a controlling interest in the corridor.
In comments published by Interfax, Bayramov said the US-Armenia negotiating process was, based on the information available to him, “proceeding successfully.” He added that Azerbaijan is continuing upgrade work on the Nakhchivan section of TRIPP.
His remarks came after a September 8 meeting in Baku involving senior US and Azerbaijani diplomats, including US Chargé d'Affaires to Armenia David Allen and US Chargé to Azerbaijan Amy Carlon. Azerbaijan’s state news agency Azertag said the talks focused on TRIPP and the broader Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process.
Negotiations around the corridor are also being complicated by Iran’s position. Reports circulating in Armenia earlier in September said Tehran had raised concerns over who would provide security and operational oversight for the trade route.
Preliminary plans envisioned American contractors handling those roles in an attempt to balance Yerevan’s insistence on retaining sovereignty over the route with Baku’s demand that its citizens and vehicles receive an extraterritorial right of passage. But according to News.am, Iran signaled to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that it would not tolerate an American presence in the TRIPP corridor, which is planned to run near the Iranian border. If American personnel appear in the corridor, Tehran would regard them as a “legitimate target,” the report said.
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