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 two countries in the South Caucasus region will sign an agreement that will create a major transit corridor, the White House said.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to host the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House on Friday, where they are expected to finalize a peace agreement that would grant the United States exclusive development access to a critical transit corridor in the South Caucasus,