U.S. to assist CertScanR Inspection Integration Platform being  deployed in Armenia

ArmInfo. As part of U.S. Embassy's Export Control and Border Security (EXBS) program, a team from U.S.-based S2 Global Corporation met with Chairman of the State Revenue Committee Eduard Hakobyan to review the CertScanR Inspection Integration Platform being deployed in Armenia.

The S2 Global team was in Armenia for a pre-deployment visit,  demonstrating how CertScan will support Armenian Customs. EXBS has  allocated $3.5 million to introduce this advanced technology -  strengthening border security, streamlining trade, and supporting  revenue collection. CertScan will link X-ray scanners and other  inspection technologies at multiple border checkpoints into a single,  user-based platform, managed from a centralized Command Center in  Yerevan.

The platform will advance the objectives of the Trump Route for  International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) by enabling expanded  regional trade and connectivity, while enhancing risk management and  targeting to facilitate legitimate trade and identify shipments of  concern.

As a reminder, on August 8, 2025, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a seven-point  joint "Declaration of Peace" in Washington. It provides for a joint  appeal to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe  (OSCE) to terminate the OSCE Minsk Process and related structures, as  well as the creation of a transport corridor through Armenian  territory that will connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhichevan exclave,  surrounded by Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.

On January 14, the Armenian Foreign Ministry published the framework  document signed with the American side in Washington for the  implementation of the Trump Route for International Peace and  Prosperity (TRIPP). The 12-page document presents the project's main  objectives and operational mechanisms.

Among other things, the document emphasizes that Armenia intends to  sanction and support the establishment of the TRIPP Development  Company. The company is expected to be responsible for the  development of the TRIPP project, receiving an initial development  right for a period of 49 years. Armenia intends to offer the United  States a 74% stake in TRIPP Development Company, retaining 26%. This  partnership is expected to be extended for another 50 years, with an  additional ownership stake granted to the Armenian government,  bringing its stake to 49%.