According to an official statement issued by the The Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia, on August 7-8, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan is scheduled to be on an official visit to the United States of America. In Washington DC, Prime Minister Pashinyan is expected to have a bilateral meeting with President of the United States of America Donald J. Trump to deepen the Armenia-US strategic partnership, as well as a trilateral meeting with President of the United States Donald J. Trump and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to promote peace, prosperity, and economic cooperation in the region. Armenia and Azerbaijan are expected to announce their commitment to peace in the South Caucasus region. Speaking a week after the Abu Dhabi talks, Trump stated that Armenia and Azerbaijan are “pretty close” to striking a peace deal. But he did not elaborate. Also on the agenda of the talks was a U.S. proposal to let an American company manage the transit of people and cargo from Azerbaijan to its Nakhichevan exclave through Armenia’s Syunik province. Pashinian has indicated his readiness to accept the proposed arrangement strongly opposed by his domestic critics. They say that it would undermine Armenian sovereignty over Syunik and satisfy Azerbaijan’s demands for an extraterritorial corridor to Nakhichevan. Washington has also proposed a 100-year U.S. lease on the corridor. Pashinian and his political allies have made conflicting statements on the idea.