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Armenians caught between hope and distrust after accord with Azerbaijan

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan looks on during a trilateral signing with US President Donald Trump and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on August 8, 2025 © ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

Yerevan (AFP) – The streets were almost deserted in Yerevan Saturday because of the summer heat, but at shaded parks and fountains, Armenians struggled to make sense of what the accord signed a day earlier in Washington means for them.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, two Caucasian countries embroiled in a territorial conflict since the fall of the USSR, met Friday and signed a peace treaty under the watch of US President Donald Trump.

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