{"id":18516,"date":"2025-08-07T20:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=18516"},"modified":"2025-08-20T08:52:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:52:30","slug":"a-historic-peace-agreement-to-be-signed-at-the-white-house-ahmad-shahidov-speaks-to-cgtn-turk-from-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=18516","title":{"rendered":"A historic peace agreement to be signed at the White House \u2013 Ahmad Shahidov speaks to CGTN T\u00fcrk from Washington DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beyaz Saray\u2019da tarihi bar\u0131\u015f anla\u015fmas\u0131 imzalanacak \u2013 Ahmet \u015eairo\u011flu Washingtondan CGTN T\u00fcrk`e konu\u015ftu\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/790a8uLPKVs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, August 8, at the initiative of U.S. President Donald Trump, a high-level meeting will take place at the White House in Washington between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. This meeting is seen as a logical continuation of the recently accelerated diplomatic process and is considered one of the most significant steps toward resolving the long-standing conflict in the South Caucasus through political means.<\/p>\n<p>According to diplomatic sources, the parties had previously reached important understandings in Abu Dhabi under the mediation of the United Arab Emirates. The main purpose of the trilateral meeting at the White House will be to formalize those preliminary agreements, sign the final peace accord, and approve a roadmap for the complete end of the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Washington\u2019s commitment to this initiative goes beyond regional stability. The Trump administration views the meeting as a strengthening of the United States\u2019 role as an international mediator and as a personal diplomatic achievement for the President. White House officials believe that the agreement will open up new economic and political opportunities not only for Azerbaijan and Armenia but also for the entire South Caucasus.<\/p>\n<p>Political commentator Ahmad Shahidov, currently in Washington, told CGTN T\u00fcrk that the White House meeting represents a historic opportunity for the region and that concrete results are expected:<br \/>\n\u201cThis time, the process may not remain limited to official statements. Donald Trump is conducting this initiative not as a routine diplomatic mission, but with his personal political will. His goal is not only to establish peace between the two countries but also to strengthen the United States\u2019 global role as a mediator. This will both enhance Washington\u2019s prestige and lay the foundation for long-term stability in the region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Shahidov also emphasized that the issues on the agenda go beyond the peace agreement itself. Topics include opportunities for economic cooperation, the opening of borders, the revival of transportation and energy corridors, and the restoration of humanitarian ties:<br \/>\n\u201cIf a final agreement is reached at this meeting, it will not only mark the end of the conflict. It will also represent the beginning of an entirely new era of economic integration for regional countries, the opening of new trade routes, and the free movement of people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The political commentator further noted that diplomatic circles in Washington are looking at the meeting\u2019s outcome with great optimism and are providing the highest level of support to ensure the success of the process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cgtn_turk_07.08.2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18517\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cgtn_turk_07.08.2025-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cgtn_turk_07.08.2025-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cgtn_turk_07.08.2025-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cgtn_turk_07.08.2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cgtn_turk_07.08.2025-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cgtn_turk_07.08.2025-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cgtn_turk_07.08.2025.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, August 8, at the initiative of U.S. President Donald Trump, a high-level meeting will take place at the White House in Washington between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,220,244],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","category-slider","category-speeches-in-the-world-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cgtn_turk_07.08.2025.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18518,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18516\/revisions\/18518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}