On 5 September, the chairs of the Armenian and Azerbaijani border delimitation committees, Mher Grigoryan and Shahin Mustafayev, carried out unprecedented reciprocal visits to each other’s countries.
Armenia’s Foreign Ministry reported that the discussions addressed border delimitation, demining operations, and the restoration and construction of essential infrastructure along the shared frontier.
This was the first confirmed meeting between Grigoryan and Mustafayev since the 8 August Washington summit with the United States, during which Armenia and Azerbaijan initialled a peace treaty and agreed to establish the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP), connecting Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave through Armenian territory.
The precise location of the 5 September meeting remains undisclosed. However, on the same day, unconfirmed reports emerged that five days earlier, residents of Kapan in Armenia’s Syunik region had seen individuals in Azerbaijani military uniforms driving four unlicensed vehicles marked with the word “Turk” into the city centre. The vehicles reportedly left the city that evening.
