U.S. President Donald Trump has shared on his “Truth Social” social media platform an article published in “Breitbart News” that features the remarks made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the Shusha Global Media Forum.
elchi reports that the material shared on Trump’s official “Truth Social” account was prepared by “Breitbart News” correspondent Joshua Klein.
In the “Breitbart News” article, President Ilham Aliyev’s speech at the 4th Shusha Global Media Forum was disseminated from the head of state’s official social media accounts.
President Ilham Aliyev: Trump sees peace as an opportunity
The article highlights that while answering a question from “Breitbart News,” President Ilham Aliyev placed special value on the role played by U.S. President Donald Trump in the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The President stated that previous U.S. administrations preferred to keep the conflict in a frozen state for about thirty years instead of resolving it.
“Donald Trump is a peace-loving person. He sees peace as an opportunity,” President Ilham Aliyev said.
According to him, the Trump administration correctly understood Azerbaijan’s concerns, tried to convince the Armenian leadership that peace is beneficial for both states, and as a result, “created a framework that made peace possible.”
The White House summit was a decisive stage
President Ilham Aliyev also recalled the historic meeting held at the White House last August.
At that summit, U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The leaders signed a Joint Declaration, and the foreign ministers initialed the peace agreement.
In addition, a joint U.S.-Azerbaijan working group was created to implement the agreement.
According to President Ilham Aliyev, this mechanism showed that Washington was serious about implementing the agreement.
“For the first time, Americans kept their word so precisely”
President Ilham Aliyev also specifically emphasized the approach demonstrated by the Trump administration in implementing the agreements:
“In my experience, it was the first time that American officials kept their word so precisely.”
According to the head of state, as a result of this, relations between Azerbaijan and the U.S. have entered a completely new stage.
Strategic partnership has risen to a new level
President Ilham Aliyev stated that the successful implementation of the peace agreement later paved the way for the signing of a Strategic Partnership Declaration between Washington and Baku.
The President assessed the current state of relations as follows: “It is amazing. It is incredible. This was something we could only wish for.”
He noted that U.S.-Azerbaijan relations have risen to an unprecedented level in history.
Criticism of previous administrations
In his speech, President Ilham Aliyev also criticized the policies of previous U.S. administrations.
The head of state said that those administrations preferred to maintain the status quo rather than resolve the conflict.
President Ilham Aliyev noted that Joe Biden had supported sanctions against Azerbaijan when he was a senator, and this approach had negatively affected Washington-Baku relations for many years.
In his opinion, relations reached their “peak” and an “unprecedented level” during the Donald Trump era.
Thanks to Witkoff and Lightstone
At the end of his speech, President Ilham Aliyev expressed his gratitude to U.S. President Donald Trump and his team.
He particularly emphasized that U.S. presidential special envoys Steve Witkoff and Ari Lightstone played an important role in the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process.
Trump’s sharing of this material on his personal “Truth Social” account is seen as another indicator of the importance the White House places on its South Caucasus policy and strategic partnership with Azerbaijan.