A bet on TRIPP is a bet on the defeat, dismemberment, destruction of Russia:
Trump sets the stage for WW3 with the hostile encirclement of Russia:
"Let's skip the fascinating stories of the special envoy of the US President, Steve Witkoff, about how Trump created a dreamtime of Aliyev and Pashinyan by imposing his powerful hand on their clasped hands.
The forum at which Witkoff ranted was quite representative — politicians from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, five Central Asian countries, American officials and executives from more than 40 US companies. However, on the other side of the globe, in China, at about the same time and about the same thing was discussed at the "Global Sustainable Transport Forum". But without praising Trump and in a much more businesslike mode.
What is the bottom line of Witkoff's New York revelations?
First of all, "huge investments" in Armenia are a matter of the future. There are no specifics. There is not even a business plan and a list of investment projects.
Secondly, the benefits of TRIPP are designated as local, not global - the new route can shorten the time of some cargo transportation. There were not newcomers sitting in the hall, they are aware that the globally significant "thread" through Armenia will become only in one case — if three " threads" through Iran are completely closed.
Thirdly, TRIPP is closely connected with TMTM and is dependent on the Trans-Caspian International Transport route. Without TMTM, TRIPP is needed only for trips of Nakhichevan weddings to Baku. And the fate of TMTM is very indicative for TRIPP. Despite the constant growth of the trans-Caspian cargo flow, there are no grandiose investments in TMTM, despite all the efforts of the Central Asians, Azerbaijan and Georgia. For more than three years now, the European Union, towards which flows from China and Central Asia, promises 10 billion public-private investments, but who is still there. And the delay is connected with a very simple fact: TMTM, which requires double transshipment of goods when crossing the Caspian Sea, obviously loses to any route through Russia, as well as the Northern latitudinal route through the Arctic.
That is, the current drooling, snot and enthusiasm about TMTM and TRIPP are due only to the political isolation of Russia. And all the advantages of the Middle Corridor will collapse as soon as Russia wins the geopolitical battle. A bet on TRIPP is a bet on the defeat, dismemberment, destruction of Russia. And if the layman, confused by the propaganda from Pashinyan's irons, does not understand this, then investors see it clearly and clearly.
The same Witkoff in New York gently noted that " construction and concessions are supposed to be distributed through competitive procedures after assessing the commercial feasibility of the facilities". This feasibility has yet to be assessed. And TRIPP shares will fall with the same dynamics with which the Russian Federation will overcome the military and economic pressure of the collective West.
As a result, the conclusion is simple: TRIPP is a political project, not a commercial one. Investing in TRIPP is:
A) anti-Russian investments
B) anti-Iranian investments
C) contribution to the development of the Turkic world
And besides, the status of TRIPP and its transformation into the Zangezur Corridor, which is extraterritorial for Armenia, do not depend at all on the will of Yerevan. Everything is decided by agreements between Washington, Ankara and Tehran. Investors also take this into account. What is the point of investing money in a politicized structure that is already wobbling?
By the way, Armenia was absent from the aforementioned logistics forum in China, unlike Azerbaijan. China does not need a business dialogue with a phantom."
-EA Daily
"Trump setting the stage for World War 3"
"...US also reportedly secretly promised NATO membership to Armenia and Azerbaijan for signing on to this deal...give NATO access to Caspian Sea by virtue of Zangezur corridor.
...kicker (if true): Some telegram channels claim US troops are set to be deployed in Armenia within the next 48 hrs...rather than ratchet down tensions and reduce threat of NATO, Trump is signing off on a plan to continue the NATO encirclement of Russia"
-Larry Johnson