History was made at the White House on Friday when US President Donald Trump hosted Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for a landmark meeting. Against all odds, and after more than three decades of failed diplomacy by the international community, the two leaders signed a joint declaration committing to a final peace treaty that will normalize relations between their countries. Their foreign ministers also initialed a draft version of that treaty, with plans for full ratification within the next 12 months.

Armenia and Azerbaijan’s leaders met in the UAE last month but reached no breakthrough in the decades-long conflict.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will meet with US President Donald Trump and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Washington, the Armenian government said in a statement…