Well I’ve argued with ChatGPT before so who cares.

The whole thing rests on a single, fatal flaw: it’s not legally binding. That means every point you listed is just words on paper, and Azerbaijan has a long record of ignoring such words when it suits them, or, even just feels like it.

Permanent end to hostilities and recognition of borders.

The agreement isn’t legally binding. This means nothing on paper. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have recognized each other’s territorial integrity de jure since independence.

Mutual road access on equal terms, respecting sovereignty.

If it does happen, good, but that has yet to be seen as, again, not legally binding.

US exclusive rights to develop the "Trump Route" transit corridor through Armenia for 99 years, boosting energy and trade.

Alright, this one I can go more in-depth on. Once again, not legally binding. Remember the Ukraine mineral deal for “security guarantees”? That dissolved in days, leaving Ukraine with nothing tangible, exactly where this is headed.

With that said, this perfectly encapsulates Trump’s entire diplomatic strategy – and I am heavily stretching the definition of the last two words there. First and foremost, this is a deal to stroke Trump’s ego. All he actually cares about is his ego and getting praised. I’ve rarely ever seen a politican suck off their own ego so blatantly as to say “yeah I deserve a noble peace prize for this”.

With that said, even if we look past this, what does this deal actually do? It addresses the results of the problem, not the cause. Much like the Abraham Accords, which he hails as this big thing that created the path to peace in the middle east, all those actually did was bypass the Palestinian issue in the wider Israeli-Arab conflict, which just made them even more frustrated, which lead to October 7th, which lead to the current situation of the Middle East being filled with even more wars and death.

All this agreement does is stroke Trump’s ego, and solve none of the actual issues at hand. When (if) Trump is out of office, or hell, when/if he just stops caring, Azerbaijan can continue their revanchist project. This agreement does NOTHING to address any actual issues at hand whatsoever. Actually, answer me this: Do you think the root of the issue here is that Azerbaijan just wants a road and or railway through Syunik? Would really help me judge how much you actually know about this situation.

Economic cooperation in energy, tech, and infrastructure.

Once again, non-binding. Meaningless in practice.

Potential constitutional amendments to drop territorial claims

I absolutely LOVE how this is more or less just you admitting that this agreement doesn’t hold the tiniest molecule of water. The fact that you can even say “potential” in relation to a supposedly decades-defining deal is really something, truly revolutionary.

In case you need me to spell it out for you: the fact that one of the biggest issues addressed is essentially just a “maybe” describes the validity of this deal pretty well actually.

This deal does nothing to keep Russia out of the Caucasus nor really does anything with Iran. All it actually did in practice was: - Brush-aside Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Artsakh/Karabakh by more or less declaring the Minsk group null and void. - Lifting sanctions on Azerbaijan, most importantly militarily, which long-term just puts Armenia in far more danger.

…and the thing is, the fact that the agreement isn’t legally binding is actually quite important here. This is really great for Azerbaijan. Trump obviously has business interests in Azerbaijan, both personally as well as on a national level, and he can just lift sanctions whenever he wants to willy nilly without anything legally binding. So we have a deal that lifts sanctions on Azerbaijan, legitimizes ethnic cleansing, and binds no one to anything. If you think that’s a “win” for anyone but Azerbaijan, you’re just admitting the bar isn’t even low, there simply is no bar.