Armenia's Constitutional Court cleared the US-Armenia TRIPP framework, backing a 49-year development company with a 74% US and 26% Armenian stake.
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on 9 September to delimit their full border north to south, including the Syunik sections the TRIPP route will cross.
The TRIPP Development Company is structured 74/26 with a US partner for 49 years, while the peace treaty meant to precede it is initialled, not signed.
Construction of the TRIPP corridor, a railway, gas pipeline and power line linking Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan across Armenia, is set for late 2026.
Azerbaijani President Aliyev's rare Tbilisi stop underscores Georgia's role as indispensable transit state as Armenia-Azerbaijan trade accelerates.
Azerbaijan's and Armenia's foreign ministers met in New York on September 24, reviewed progress since the 2025 Washington summit and cited trade and transit as practical gains of peace.
Georgia's economy minister told a forum in China that transit rail freight is up 14% and Tbilisi aims to double maritime and railway capacity and triple national airport capacity.
The EU plans to invest EUR 250m in Armenia's Syunik region while the Constitutional Court has ruled the TRIPP transit agreement constitutional, clearing a key domestic hurdle.
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