The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia signed an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict as they were hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday. Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shook hands after the US president described the event as "historic".

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a U.S.-brokered peace agreement on Friday during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump that would boost bilateral economic ties after decades of conflict.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will convene a peace summit at the White House on Friday with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan that is meant to end decades of conflict and reopen key transportation routes in the region.

The two countries’ leaders are expected to sign a joint declaration toward a peace deal after decades of fighting.

The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia will be at the White House Friday to sign a peace deal with President Donald Trump. They have been at war since 1988.

President Donald Trump’s deadline for Russia to end its war in Ukraine or suffer severe economic punishment expires Friday, but it’s unclear how he plans to proceed amid new efforts toward a summit with Vladimir Putin and delicate trade negotiations with China.

President Trump is "open" to meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin, the White House said Thursday after earlier pushing for Putin to meet with Ukraine's Zelenskyy first.

The two countries in the South Caucasus region will sign an agreement that will create a major transit corridor, the White House said.