U.S. Department of State official announces allocation of $145mln to  Armenia for Trump route 

ArmInfo.  Director of the US State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Brendan Henrehen announced $145 million in aid to Armenia at a meeting with  Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan. This was reported by  the press service of the Armenian government.

According to Henrehen, this will be the first tranche of funding to  implement the Trump administration's "Trump Roadmap for International  Peace and Prosperity" and related agreements reached on August 8, by  supporting investments in trade, infrastructure, critical mineral  supply chains, and cross-border security.

In turn, the Armenian Deputy Prime Minister highly appreciated the  agreements reached following the meetings in Washington on August 8  and expressed hope that through joint efforts it will be possible to  develop bilateral relations within the framework of the Memorandum of  Understanding signed between Armenia and the United States of  America.

The interlocutors discussed regional developments and the  possibilities of unblocking communications, and also touched upon the  importance of the "Trump Path to International Peace and Prosperity"  project.

The Meghri route is a project for a transport route about 40 km long  through the territory of the Syunik region of Armenia, which would  provide transport links between the western regions of Azerbaijan and  its exclave, the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic.  The opening of  transport routes in the region was envisaged by paragraph 9 of the  trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, by the leaders of Russia,  Armenia and Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan is trying to distort  the essence of these agreements and get an extraterritorial corridor.  On August 8, an agreement was reached in Washington between Yerevan  and Baku, with US mediation, on the implementation of this project  called the "Trump Route for Peace and Prosperity" (TRIPP).