BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 10. President of
Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol
Pashinyan have nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel
Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts to advance peace between
Azerbaijan and Armenia.
This was reflected in a joint statement by the United States, Armenia and Azerbaijan
marking the first anniversary of the White House Peace Summit.
“One year ago, President Trump hosted a historic White House
summit with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister
Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia, where President Aliyev and Prime
Minister Pashinyan signed the Joint Declaration for peace.
Witnessed by the three leaders, the draft ‘Agreement on the
Establishment of Peace and Inter-State Relations between the
Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan’ was initialed
by the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers.
On this first anniversary, there is deep pride in what our
countries have achieved together and great resolve to build upon
the foundation that ended decades of conflict and put the South
Caucasus on a path towards a more prosperous future. In recognition
of these historic and tremendous efforts to secure peace, President
Aliyev and Prime Minister Pashinyan jointly nominated President
Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize,” the statement said.
