Armenia’s National Assembly has ratified the framework agreement on strategic cooperation between Armenia and the United States concerning the TRIPP project, with 63 lawmakers voting in favor and 32 against. No lawmakers abstained.
During the debate, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan addressed the agreement’s provisions, emphasizing that all infrastructure planned on Armenian territory would operate exclusively under the country’s sovereignty and jurisdiction.
Anna Grigoryan, leader of the opposition Armenia parliamentary faction, had announced that her political force would vote against the Armenian-U.S. framework agreement concerning the TRIPP project.
The other parliamentary opposition force, Strong Armenia, also strongly criticized the framework agreement on strategic cooperation concerning the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP) project but had not clarified how its lawmakers would vote.
The framework agreement on strategic cooperation between Armenia and the United States concerning the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” project was initialed on May 26 this year and signed on June 4. Under the agreements reached, the Trump Route passing through Armenia’s Syunik region is intended to ensure unhindered transit from mainland Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan through the use of digital tools.
At the same time, official representatives of Armenia and the United States reaffirmed that Armenia would retain full jurisdiction over its sovereign territory during the project’s implementation.
