The deployment of U.S. Peace Corps volunteers to Armenia’s Syunik province is not directly connected to the TRIPP project, although it reflects the American side’s confidence in the peace process, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Armenia David Allen said, according to Armenpress.
“The placement of volunteers is probably not directly connected to the TRIPP project, but after the Washington agreements of August 8 last year and the formation of a framework agreement, favorable conditions emerged for us to confidently deploy our volunteers in Syunik province,” he said.
Responding to a question on whether there were any new developments related to the TRIPP project, Allen noted that the American side and the Armenian government had announced that negotiations had taken place last week regarding agreements connected to TRIPP.
“At this moment, there is still no new announcement to make on the matter, but work and progress in that direction are continuing,” he said.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed in Washington a document on Armenia-U.S. joint cooperation within the framework of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity program.
The published document on the implementation of TRIPP describes the operational framework of the initiative. The framework neither creates nor is intended to create legal commitments or obligations for Armenia or the United States.
