US President Donald Trump on Friday took on a role in the ongoing Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process and presided over the signing of a draft peace deal by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Observers immediately noted that this “agreement” was a mere repackaging of the framework deal the two countries signed in March. It had been negotiated bilaterally and achieved without outside involvement. At that time, it was also recognized that several issues still had to be addressed before the peace process could be completed.

The ceremony held at the White House early Saturday morning, intended to address the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, was largely symbolic. True to U.S. President Donald Trump's…

EDITORIAL. The US president skillfully capitalized on two years of dialogue between Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders, backing the draft agreement they reached on August 8 in…