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Azerbaijan, Armenia sign US-brokered peace accord at the White House

President Donald Trump, centre, with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, left, and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the White House, on August 8 [Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo]

United States President Donald Trump has hosted his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the White House for the signing of a peace treaty between the two longtime rivals.

The US president said during a ceremony on Friday that he believed the two men would have a “great relationship” and that the agreement would bring peace and new economic opportunities to the region.

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