AI Chips as Washington's Negotiation Tool: Armenia and Azerbaijan are Not Excluded from this Policy

The New York Times has highlighted the diplomacy of Donald Trump's presidency, particularly focusing on the recent interactions between him and Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia. According to the publication, U.S. President Donald Trump has utilized Nvidia's chips as a tool in negotiations concerning trade and peace. American diplomats and President Trump, who aims to win a Nobel Peace Prize by achieving peace deals in various regions, are employing artificial intelligence and Nvidia's technologies in various negotiation processes.

The article notes that Nvidia, one of the first technology companies to fulfill the presidential requirement of relocating part of its production to the U.S., manufactures powerful computing chips necessary for artificial intelligence projects. Following stock market trends, Trump is well aware that Nvidia has become the most valuable company in the world.

The publication emphasizes that the company’s chips have provided the president with a strong negotiating leverage in relations with several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Great Britain, and China, and have even played a role in the peace mediation processes between different nations.

Two unnamed individuals close to the Trump administration indicated that just as the U.S. offered nuclear technology for peaceful purposes to certain countries in the 1950s, the possibility of selling artificial intelligence technologies to states that end conflicts, including Armenia and Azerbaijan, is now being discussed.

The NYT also recalled the memorandum of understanding signed between the U.S. and Armenia regarding cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence and semiconductors, which occurred on the same day when Armenia and Azerbaijan pre-signed a peace agreement under the mediation of the U.S. president in Washington. It is noted that in August 2025, after the pre-signing of the peace agreement, Michael Kratios, the chief advisor on science and technology to the U.S. president, met with representatives from Armenia and Azerbaijan to discuss potential cooperation directions in the field of artificial intelligence.

The publication quotes the words of Armenia's Minister of High-Tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, stating that cooperation between Armenia and the U.S. in the high-tech sector began years ago, but President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have raised the partnership to a new level. Hayrapetyan emphasized, “This is an important part of our long-term modernization efforts alongside the framework of U.S.-Armenia partnership,” as quoted by the New York Times.