Rubio signed a minerals agreement with Armenia on Tuesday and pledged to move forward with a road-and-rail corridor initiative called the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP). TRIPP is set to run through Armenia and connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave, cut off from Armenian territory. The move comes amid Yerevan’s broader shift towards the West, away from Moscow, after the latter failed to stop Baku from capturing the breakaway region of Karabakh.