Vance is in Armenia, a country no sitting US president or vice president has visited before

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 1:25 PM EST, February 9, 2026


YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Vice President JD Vance landed in Armenia on Monday — a country that no sitting U.S. vice president or president has visited before — as the Trump administration offered economic opportunities while it works to advance a U.S.-brokered deal aimed at ending a decades-long conflict with Azerbaijan.

Vance and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed an agreement to push forward negotiations on a civil nuclear energy deal, and Vance said the U.S. was ready to export advanced computer chips and surveillance drones to Armenia, and invest in the country’s infrastructure.

The visit comes after Pashinyan signed a deal at the White House in August with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev where the leaders signed agreements reaffirming their commitment to signing a peace treaty. The text of the treaty was initialed by foreign ministers, which indicates preliminary approval. But the leaders have yet to sign the treaty and parliaments have yet to ratify it.

“Peace is not made by cautious people,” said Vance, who plans to travel to Azerbaijan on Tuesday. “Peace is not made by people who are too focused on the past. Peace is made by people who are focused on the future.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-vance-armenia-azerbaijan-69a04efaea7e62994d3a749bb2bf27fc

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Forming new "Axis" powers.

[walkingman]

1. Ironic a US hate monger is preaching about PEACE - he and his Godfather are anything but peaceful.

[OLDMDDEM]

2. Maybe they'll keep him.

[Wonder Why]

3. He only went there because they have no idea what's going on here so don't know they should boo him.

[Mz Pip]

4. Armenia

Did he fly over the 40 SUV entourage?

[twodogsbarking]

5. He must be getting lessons on genocide.

[maxsolomon]

6. Armenia-Azerbaijan is at root a Christianity-Islam conflict.

The 2 religions could exist side-by-side, sort of, with the heavy boot of Imperial Russia or the USSR tamping down the hate.

The US isn't going to "solve" this by buying off either side. There are exclaves neither side accepts, and decades (centuries) of bad blood.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Oooh, do Albania next !

The more obscure the country, the less the chance of his coming back.

[Polybius]

8. I guess it's a location thing

Here in Staten Island, nearly everyone knows Albania. There is a huge Albanian population, and many pizza places are now run by them.

[moniss]

9. He heard that they are renowned for

unique upholstery fabrics.

[Multichromatic]

10. Are Trump and Vance negotiating a county to flee to?

Does Armenia have an extradition treaty with the US? Does this criminal administration need a country to hide in like the Nazis did after WWII?

[Kablooie]

11. Well, it is a Christian nation. And the first Christian nation.

97% are members of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Armenia was the first country to establish Christianity as its state religion, in 301 AD.