The mayor of a town in southern Armenia, where the TRIPP regional connectivity project is expected to pass, has hailed it for the huge profits it is expected to generate.

Meghri Mayor Khachatur Andreasyan told Armenpress that TRIPP will be beneficial not only for the Meghri municipality in Syunik Province, but for the entire country.

“TRIPP will be beneficial both for our community and for Armenia as a whole, because our country will become a transit state. Taking this into account, a new and large customs checkpoint is being built, which will handle up to 2,000 vehicles per day. The current checkpoint now serves 300–400 vehicles daily. TRIPP will bring us huge profits and will contribute to the economic development of the region,” Mayor Andreasyan said.

The Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) is a connectivity project in Armenia, envisaged under the U.S.-brokered Armenian-Azerbaijani joint declaration signed in Washington, D.C. The project is expected to unlock strategic economic opportunities, create long-term benefits by promoting infrastructure investment, and enhance regional connectivity. An Armenian-American joint enterprise is expected to develop the route.

Meghri has been named the 2026 Cultural Capital of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), a regional intergovernmental organization of states in Eurasia. The interview with Mayor Andreasyan was conducted as part of the celebrations marking this occasion.

Andreasyan said the designation has elevated the status of the municipality across the region. The mayor said that Meghri, which he described as “Armenia’s southern gate,” is now a crossroads of peace and trade. Tourism is also developing in Meghri. In this regard, there has been notable growth, with the number of guesthouses increasing.