BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 8. The French Ministry
for Europe and Foreign Affairs has issued a statement marking the
anniversary of the Washington summit.


The statement was published on the ministry’s official
website.


The French Foreign Ministry highlighted that Azerbaijan and
Armenia have taken important steps over the past year.


"Over the past year, the authorities of both countries have
taken significant and courageous steps to turn peace into a
tangible reality for their peoples.


France hopes that this process will continue with the signing
and ratification of a peace agreement between Armenia and
Azerbaijan, the reopening of borders, and the development of
regional connectivity. This would allow the South Caucasus to
become a fully integrated area of cooperation, serving as a bridge
between Europe and Asia.


Together with its European partners, France will continue to
actively contribute to this process, while fully respecting the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of Armenia and Azerbaijan,"
the statement said.


On August 8, 2025, following a trilateral meeting with U.S.
President Donald Trump in Washington, President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint
declaration on establishing peace between Baku and Yerevan and
restoring transport connectivity between mainland Azerbaijan and
the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The initiative was named the
"Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity."


As part of the meeting, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun
Bayramov and Armenia's Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan initialed
the draft "Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Interstate
Relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of
Armenia" and signed a joint appeal by the foreign ministers of
Azerbaijan and Armenia to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calling
for the termination of the OSCE Minsk Process, the mandate of the
Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the
conflict dealt with by the Minsk Conference, and the High-Level
Planning Group.