Pool Report 11/Qs and end

President Trump started taking press questions after the three leaders signed the trilateral deal.

Trump said he intends to meet "very shortly with President Putin" but that he feared saying a location now would overshadow today's deal signing.

He said there was "a shot" at resolving the Ukraine war.

During Q&A, Pashinyan and Aliyev both said they want Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize. They expressed interest in writing a joint letter and said they want to attend the award ceremony.

Both sidestepped a question about whether Armenians would return to Nagorno-Karabakh.

Trump said he was looking into potentially recognizing Somaliland's independence in exchange for the breakaway republic accepting Gazan refugees.

He did not confirm that Witkoff received an award from Putin.

He said he would be interested in visiting the Caucasus. "I'm going to have to get over there" to visit the corridor named in his honor, Trump said.

Trump invited the leaders to call him if they ever need him to mediate and gushed profusely about their leadership and the possibility they will have friendly personal relations.

The event ended at 4:40.

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Steven Nelson

New York Post

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