J.D. Vance is the U.S. Vice President (in office since January 2025). He previously served as a U.S. senator from Ohio, is author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and as vice president he is the second-highest U.S. executive, advising the president, representing the administration on diplomacy and policy, and performing duties assigned by the president.
Ilham Aliyev is the president of Azerbaijan (in office since 2003). As head of state he leads Azerbaijan’s executive branch, sets domestic and foreign policy direction, and oversees government institutions; his presidency is long‑running and has concentrated significant power in the executive.
Their public remarks in the White House video focused on U.S. efforts to advance the 2025 U.S.-brokered Armenia–Azerbaijan peace framework, regional connectivity (the proposed transit corridor), economic and trade cooperation, and U.S.-Azerbaijan relations; reporting around the visit also highlights U.S. offers of economic opportunities and trade/defense cooperation in the region.
No major new bilateral treaty was announced in the video or in contemporaneous reporting; the visit aimed to advance implementation of the August 2025 peace framework (previously initialed by foreign ministers) and to sign or discuss partnership/charter-level cooperation, but press coverage indicates no newly public, binding policy agreement was announced during the remarks.
The remarks took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, on February 10, 2026, during Vice President Vance’s trip to the South Caucasus; the visit followed his February 9 meetings in Yerevan, Armenia, and was part of a multi‑country trip to advance a U.S.-brokered peace and regional connectivity initiatives.
No full transcript was posted with the YouTube listing; as of available reporting, an official White House transcript or detailed summary of the joint remarks was not published with the video — press coverage and official sites provide summaries but not a verbatim White House transcript linked to that video.