The Case · Armenia–Azerbaijan

Thirty-Five Years, Signed Away in Washington

A war older than most of its soldiers ended at the White House — and both leaders said the same name.

Armenia and Azerbaijan had been at war — hot, frozen, then hot again — for some thirty-five years over Nagorno-Karabakh. Generations of mediators failed: Minsk Group, Moscow, Brussels. On August 8, 2025, Prime Minister Pashinyan and President Aliyev stood in the White House and signed a joint peace declaration — with a new transit corridor through the region named, by the parties, after the man who forced the moment.

What did the principals think of the broker? Both leaders publicly said they would nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Not pundits — the two heads of state who signed.

This site’s view: when the belligerents themselves campaign for the mediator’s Nobel, the argument is over; only the paperwork remains.