Washington seeks to secure position on international  Europe-Caucasus-Asia route through TRIPP, assuming role of major  Eurasian player

ArmInfo.Washington is seeking to secure a position on the international Europe-Caucasus-Asia route through TRIPP, assuming the role of a  major Eurasian player. This is what political scientist Vahe Davtyan writes in his article.

According to him, a new logistics megaproject is being developed, the  goal of which is to diversify connections between Central Asia and  Europe, but under the exclusive control of American capital. The  political scientist notes that approximately a week before US Vice  President J.D.  Vance's visit to Yerevan, representatives of the  American engineering consulting company AECOM (Dallas, Texas) arrived  in Armenia to begin surveying the TRIPP site. A few days ago, Black  Rock, a major American investment company, acquired a stake in a  container terminal in Turkey owned by the Azerbaijani company SOCAR.  According to the agreement, the terminal will be jointly managed by  SOCAR Turkey Enerji A.S. and Black Rock's subsidiary, Terminal  Investment Switzerland Sarl (TISS). The terminal in question, located  on the Aegean coast, is the third largest in Turkey in terms of cargo  volume and, most importantly, provides a stable outlet to the  Mediterranean Sea.

"Now let's get back to AECOM, which has reappeared in Armenia. A  search on the NASDAQ stock exchange website shows that in February  2023, the aforementioned Black Rock (12%) became an institutional  shareholder in the company. According to some open American sources,  Black Rock is also indirectly represented in AECOM through a number  of subsidiaries. What does this mean? Black Rock is not just a  business entity, but a player directly linked to the US government  and, in general, to the "deep state". Although it is considered a  passive investor, it has voting rights at general meetings of  shareholders and participates in the appointment of senior management  of companies. Black Rock owns more than 5% of the nominal  shareholdings in about half of the 3,900 American public companies.  It is also a major shareholder of competing companies - the "Big  Four" American banks. In fact, Washington, as I have repeatedly  noted, is seeking to take a position on the international route  Europe-Caucasus-Asia through TRIP, assuming the role of an important  Eurasian player. A new logistics megaproject is being formed, the  purpose of which is "Diversification of connections between Central  Asia and Europe, but exclusively under the control of American  capital. TRIPP and the terminal acquired in Turkey are important hubs  in this logistics," noted Vahe Davtyan, adding that this is one of  those cases where the state's geopolitical interests completely  coincide with those of large capital.

On January 20, a memorandum of understanding was signed in Davos  between the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ),  BlackRock, and its subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).  For Azerbaijan, this represents an opportunity to modernize its  infrastructure, develop technological developments, and attract  international capital. For BlackRock and GIP, this represents an  opportunity to expand their presence in international markets,  strengthen their business reputation, and participate in major  investment projects jointly with government agencies. Experts believe  that the right to construct and subsequently operate TRIPP will be  transferred to BlackRock, thereby placing the corridor through  Armenia, albeit indirectly, under Azerbaijani control.

BlackRock is one of the world's largest asset managers, with over $9  trillion in assets under management.  The company operates in  investment, fund management, and risk management, offering  institutional and private clients solutions for capital  diversification, long-term investing, and sustainable development.   BlackRock is actively involved in global financial markets,  implements infrastructure and technology projects, and is a leading  player in ESG investing.

GIP, a BlackRock subsidiary, specializes in infrastructure fund  management and investments in transportation, energy, utilities, and  technology infrastructure. The company's projects include airports,  seaports, power generation facilities, and data centers.

On August 8, 2025, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a seven-point joint  "Declaration of Peace" in Washington. It provides for a joint appeal  to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to  terminate the OSCE Minsk Process and related structures, as well as  the creation of a transport corridor through Armenian territory that  will connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhichevan exclave, surrounded by  Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.