US, Armenia pledge to move forward on corridor during Rubio visit

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The United States pledged Tuesday to move forward with Armenia, during a lightning visit by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

US President Donald Trump's administration has been working on a road-and-rail corridor initiative named after him -- the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) -- that would run through Armenia and connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave, cut off from Armenian territory. Rubio initialled another step in the TRIPP project with the Armenian foreign minister, Ararat Mirzoyan.

Rubio also signed agreements in Yerevan on renewing a broad strategic partnership and working together on critical minerals, a key priority for Washington as China dominates the resource vital for modern technologies.

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