Azerbaijan and Armenia will sign an initial U.S.-brokered peace agreement during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, a deal aimed at boosting economic ties between the two countries after decades of conflict,

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shook hands as they joined President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday for a peace summit where they signed an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict.

Language in the "peace deal" will give the U.S. exclusive rights to develop a key transit route that will be named after Trump.