President Donald Trump (C), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L), and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (R) hold up an agreement signed during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Aug. 8, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump welcomed the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Aug. 8 to the White House, overseeing the signing of a joint declaration that seeks to end nearly four decades of hostility between the two nations.
“It’s been a long time—35 years they fought—and now they’re friends, and they’re going to be friends for a long time,” Trump said, seated between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the State Dining Room.
