Azerbaijan and US sign Strategic Partnership Charter, discuss cooperation

President Ilham Aliyev and U.S. Vice President JD Vance signed a Charter on Strategic Partnership on 10 February 2026.

• Main announcement: The leaders signed the Charter on Strategic Partnership after six months of team work; the Charter covers security and anti-terror cooperation, energy security, defense sales, AI data centers, and connectivity via the TRIPP (Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity) transport corridor that will link parts of Azerbaijan and connect Asia with Europe.
• Background and details:Azerbaijan supplies natural gas to 16 countries, 11 of them NATO members; Vance announced the U.S. will ship new boats to help protect Azerbaijan’s territorial waters; the peace agreement and Joint Declaration on Peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan were initialed last August at the White House and were cited as enabling increased trade and transit (e.g., lifting transit restrictions and supplying oil products to Armenia).