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The TRIPP arrangement's terms and implementation do not infringe upon Armenia's sovereignty and facilitate increased business activity as described.
Available evidence shows that the TRIPP corridor is framed in the 2025 Joint Declaration and subsequent analyses as a U.S.–Armenia project providing “unimpeded connectivity” between Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan while operating on Armenian territory under Armenia’s sovereignty and jurisdiction, with a U.S. consortium holding 99‑year development rights and performing some border‑management functions. Expert and media assessments agree that this design is intended to avoid the kind of extraterritorial “Zangezur corridor” that would clearly strip Armenia of sovereign control, but they also stress that key operational details are still undefined and note domestic critics who argue that long‑term foreign control over critical infrastructure could in practice constrain Armenian sovereignty. Economic analyses from both U.S. and Armenian sources describe TRIPP as having significant potential to attract investment and integrate Armenia into regional trade routes, yet emphasize that these benefits are contingent on implementation, regional politics, and the reopening of other borders, and therefore remain speculative at this stage. Given that TRIPP has not yet been fully implemented, its economic impact is unproven, and the real-world effects on Armenia’s sovereignty will depend on future regulatory and operational choices, the claim that it “opens Armenia for business and allows it to prosper economically” without “infringing” sovereignty cannot currently be judged definitively true or false. Verdict: Unclear, because while the agreement’s text and many analyses support its compatibility with Armenia’s formal sovereignty and its potential to boost business, unresolved implementation details, contesting expert views, and the lack of empirical outcomes mean the statement rests on predictions rather than verifiable facts.