The United States intends to deliver several new boats to Azerbaijan to help protect the country’s territorial waters, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance said during a joint press statement with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku.
Vance stated that peace in the South Caucasus has become possible thanks to the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and U.S. President Donald Trump. According to him, the three leaders ended many years of war.
“Finally, the region is at peace. The goal of the Trump administration is to establish peace,” the U.S. vice president said.
Vance also said that the United States is opening a new chapter in relations with Azerbaijan. He noted that the visit was intended to express appreciation for the friendship and to truly turn the page and open a new chapter.
He added that under the leadership of U.S. President Donald Trump and President Ilham Aliyev, relations between the two countries would become even stronger and more successful.
The U.S. vice president conveyed the personal best wishes of President Donald Trump to President Ilham Aliyev and emphasized that the partnership and friendship between the two countries had long been underestimated, despite being very important for the United States.
According to Vance, at the core of the U.S. president’s foreign policy mission is the recognition that countries can unite around common interests and “actually build something great together with each other.”
He noted that the signing of the strategic partnership with Azerbaijan cements the achieved level of cooperation and “will very clearly show that US–Azerbaijan relations are the kind of relations that will endure, that will continue to bring wonderful results for both our peoples.”
The vice president added that one of the most important factors preventing conflicts and wars is cultural exchange between peoples, working together, and creating shared prosperity instead of confrontation.
Vance also expressed satisfaction that good relations have been established between the spouses of the President of Azerbaijan and the U.S. vice president.
