Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama made a humorous remark to French President Emmanuel Macron and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at a summit in Denmark on Thursday after US President Donald Trump mistakenly claimed to have brokered peace between Albania and Azerbaijan. Trump had confused the Balkan nation of Albania with Armenia in the South Caucasus when discussing his diplomatic achievements on a UK state visit two weeks earlier.
Rama jokingly told Macron that he should apologize for not congratulating Albania on the peace agreement Trump supposedly negotiated with Azerbaijan. Macron responded with an apology as all three leaders laughed at the geographic error.
Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a US-brokered peace declaration in August that renounced territorial claims and pledged to avoid military force. The two former Soviet republics fought for decades over Nagorno-Karabakh before Azerbaijan reclaimed the territory in 2023. The agreement has not yet taken effect.
Trump has made numerous geographic mistakes. He previously called Belgium a city, invented a country named Nambia, and confused the Baltics with the Balkans.
Rama jokingly told Macron that he should apologize for not congratulating Albania on the peace agreement Trump supposedly negotiated with Azerbaijan. Macron responded with an apology as all three leaders laughed at the geographic error.
Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a US-brokered peace declaration in August that renounced territorial claims and pledged to avoid military force. The two former Soviet republics fought for decades over Nagorno-Karabakh before Azerbaijan reclaimed the territory in 2023. The agreement has not yet taken effect.
Trump has made numerous geographic mistakes. He previously called Belgium a city, invented a country named Nambia, and confused the Baltics with the Balkans.
