U.S. presidential envoy Steven Witkoff said Armenia and Azerbaijan reached an agreement within six weeks, highlighting what he described as a rapid diplomatic breakthrough.
Speaking at the Real Estate Impact annual conference at the University of Miami, Witkoff stated that the deal was concluded in a short timeframe despite decades of conflict.
“We finalized that agreement in six weeks. They fought for 37 years, and now they are best friends. In fact, Armenia’s prime minister and Azerbaijan’s president Aliyev are now good friends — they were brought closer by President Trump. This is quite remarkable,” Witkoff said, according to Minval.az.
On August 8, 2025, in Washington, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, with mediation by U.S. President Donald Trump, initialed the text of a peace agreement between the two countries.
On September 19, 2023, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh, subjecting the region to massive shelling. A day later, on September 20, the authorities accepted a ceasefire proposal by Russian peacekeepers, agreeing to Baku’s terms, including disarmament and the dissolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The attack left 223 people dead, including 20 civilians, six of them minors. Starting September 24, more than 100,000 residents were forcibly displaced to Armenia. According to some reports, about 20 Armenians remained in the region; 11 later returned to Armenia, one died, and one was detained.
