ArmInfo. The implementation of the "Trump Route" or TRIPP ("Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity") project poses a threat to Armenia's energy security. This is the view of energy security expert and political scientist Vahe Davtyan.
On his Facebook page, the expert noted that the Jabrayil-Nakhichevan power grid will be built as part of this project and along its route, which will, on the one hand, provide electricity to the Azerbaijani exclave, and on the other, enable electricity exchange with Europe via Turkey.
"The European Union will call this diversification, but in reality, it will become another tool for Washington to influence Brussels."
It's noteworthy that in November 2025, Pashinyan and Aliyev discussed in Copenhagen the construction of power lines and a gas pipeline along the "Trump route." Essentially, the discussion revolves around integrating Armenia's energy system with Azerbaijan's. Hence the uncertain future of the nuclear power plant and the odyssey with Electric Networks of Armenia. Construction of a gas pipeline along the same route is a separate issue. The long-term goal is the construction of the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline, which will ensure gas exports from Central Asia, particularly from Turkmenistan, to Europe. However, this is a long-term and extremely complex goal, given the legal status of the Caspian Sea itself. In the short term, the gas pipeline under construction as part of the TRIPP project will connect to Armenia's gas transportation system, significantly reducing gas imports from Russia and raising the question of nationalizing Gazprom Armenia and subsequently transferring it to a Western company. "The scenario is not new," the expert noted.
As a reminder, on August 8, 2025, US President Donald Trump hosted Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Washington. The parties signed a joint declaration outlining their intention to normalize relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Trump stated that the key issue that had prevented the signing of a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan had been resolved: the opening of a transit route connecting mainland Azerbaijan with its exclave of Nakhichevan, with the participation of an Armenian-American consortium.
