The deployment of US Peace Corps volunteers to Syunik region is not directly linked to the TRIPP initiative, but reflects Washington’s growing confidence in the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process, the United States chargé d’affaires in Yerevan, David Allen, has said.
Responding to questions about whether the decision to station volunteers in Syunik was connected to planned activities under the TRIPP project, Allen said the link was indirect rather than operational.
“It’s not directly linked. It’s somewhat linked in the sense that it was the Washington summit and the framework agreement on TRIPP between President Aliyev and Prime Minister Pashinyan that really put the peace process on a good track and that created the situation where we feel like we can send Peace Corps volunteers back to Syunik and back to areas that are around the border,” Allen said.
Asked whether there had been any recent developments related to the TRIPP initiative, Allen noted that negotiations concerning agreements tied to the project had taken place last week between the Armenian government and the American side.
“At this moment, there is no new announcement to make regarding that, but the work and progress in that direction are continuing,” he added.
The return of Peace Corps volunteers to Syunik after a six-year pause was announced during the swearing-in ceremony for 30 new volunteers held in Yerevan on 31 May.
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