Security Council Secretary: Armenia will never oppose Iran in implementing TRIPP

ArmInfo. Armenia will never go against Iran in implementing any project, including the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project. This was stated by Armenian Security Council Secretary Alen Simonyan during discussions at the Second Armenian World Summit to clarify whether TRIPP could be used against Iran.

According to him, Armenia can never join a project that would be directed against its immediate neighbor, in this case Iran. He added that the Armenian side has informed all its neighbors of this.

"We will never, and cannot, join any process against Iran or any neighbor. This is our political position. And secondly, TRIPP is an economic project." "TRIPP does not assume that there will be even one armed soldier there," Simonyan said.

According to him, TRIPP will also open up opportunities for Iran. He ruled out any actions against Iran during the implementation of this Armenian-American project.

He also hastened to emphasize that this project is an important part of the Middle Corridor, which opens up new economic opportunities for the South Caucasus. At the same time, he expressed confidence that the lack of a peace agreement with Azerbaijan is not an obstacle to the implementation of this large-scale project, which is important, including from a security perspective.

As a reminder, on August 8, 2025, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint seven-point "Declaration of Peace" in Washington. It provides for a joint appeal to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to terminate the OSCE Minsk process and related structures, as well as the creation of a transport corridor through Armenian territory that will connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave, surrounded by Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. And already on January 14, 2026, the Armenian Foreign Ministry published a framework document signed with the American side in Washington on the implementation of the "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity" (TRIPP). The 12-page document presents the main objectives of the project and the mechanisms for its functioning. Among other things, the document emphasizes that Armenia intends to sanction and support the creation of the TRIPP Development Company. It is expected that the company will be responsible for the development of the TRIPP project, having received an initial right to development for a period of 49 years. Armenia intends to offer the United States 74% of the shares of TRIPP Development Company, retaining 26%. The partnership is expected to be extended for another 50 years, with an additional ownership stake granted to the Armenian government, bringing its stake to 49%.