A deserted rail station on Trump's route to peace where global interests collide

The planned Trump Route in the South Caucasus could reshape the geopolitics of a region that borders Russia and Iran.

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It may seem unlikely, but this derelict stretch of track in the South Caucasus has been tapped to become a symbol of peace brokered by the US president, on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, or Tripp.

Scattered around are fragments of a head from a monument to a communist hero. A female statue is missing an arm.

"We are on the Trump route, also known as Crossroads of Peace, the Silk Road, and the Zangezur Corridor," says Marut Vanyan, a local journalist. "But so far none of this looks American."

This is one of the "unendable wars" Trump claims to have brought to an end, in an agreement between Armenia and its long-time enemy Azerbaijan.