BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 8. The Embassy of the
United Kingdom in Azerbaijan has issued a statement marking the
anniversary of the historic Washington summit involving Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan,
and mediated by US President Donald Trump.


The statement was published on the social media platform “X,” in
connection with the first anniversary of the agreements reached at
the Washington summit.


The statement notes that the United Kingdom highly values the
political will of the leaders who took this historic step toward
peace on the first anniversary of the agreements reached at the
Washington Summit.


“Maintaining momentum through continued dialogue and cooperation
remains essential to building a secure and prosperous region for
generations to come. The UK remains committed to supporting,” the
embassy’s statement emphasizes.


On August 8, 2025, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev, President of the US Donald Trump, and Prime Minister of the
Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan signed a Joint Declaration
following the meeting between the President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia in
Washington.


On the same day, as part of the meeting between President of the
Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the US Donald
Trump, and Prime Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol
Pashinyan in Washington, D.C., the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, and the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan,
initialed the draft “Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and
Inter-State Relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the
Republic of Armenia.”


In addition, the foreign ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan
and the Republic of Armenia signed a joint appeal to the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office calling for the termination of the activities
of the OSCE Minsk Process, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s
Personal Representative on the conflict discussed at the Minsk
Conference, and the High-Level Planning Group.