ArmInfo. The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Board of Directors today approved $2.5 billion in new strategic investments aimed at strengthening U.S. supply chains, expanding U.S. energy exports, supporting regional peace and stability, and bolstering economic cooperation, including an investment in a new Indo-Pacific investment platform representing DFC's single largest project investment. These deals reflect DFC's continued use of private capital as a core instrument of American economic statecraft, deploying debt, equity, and political risk insurance across the capital stack and investment structures to advance U.S. strategic?objectives.
"These deals exemplify the shift in DFC's strategy. The investments approved in today's successful board meeting will develop critical infrastructure in Southeast Asia, increase U.S. access to critical minerals, and build the flagship Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) Development Company to further peace," said DFC CEO Ben Black. "DFC is acting with the creativity and confidence worthy of a best-in-class financial institution. Once more, American Prosperity is underwriting a new era of strength, growth, and goodwill for America's partners."
The DFC Board of Directors approved the following deals:
Developing energy infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific to benefit regional allies and catalyze U.S. energy exports: In partnership with U.S. infrastructure investor I Squared Capital, DFC will invest $1.5 billion to establish an investment platform to facilitate the buildout of energy security infrastructure across the Indo- Pacific, focusing primarily on South and Southeast Asia. This deal represents the single largest project investment in DFC's history. The platform will mobilize U.S. private capital to develop liquified natural gas and other energy infrastructure in the region. The platform will aim to address the shortage of critical energy infrastructure in these markets that limits energy security, drives price volatility and constrains industrial growth, and look to expand U.S. natural gas and related energy exports to the region.
Strengthening peace through economic cooperation and shared prosperity in the Caucuses: The creation of the TRIPP Development Company, a joint venture between the United States and Armenia, is intended to support trade, transport, and economic development while enhancing international, inter-state, and intra- state transportation connectivity. The venture builds on the landmark peace declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the signing of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) Framework Agreement to support key infrastructure projects including railways, roads, pipelines, fiberoptics and more.
Expanding investment in strategic partnership to secure critical mineral supply chains and bolster U.S. economic growth: An expansion of DFC's investment in the Orion Critical Mineral Consortium (CMC) designed to finance strategic critical minerals projects advancing U.S. economic growth and security. This approval builds on DFC's previous investment in CMC that aims to expand U.S. and allied access to vital minerals, diversify supply chains, reduce dangerous overreliance on concentrated sources, and strengthen economic and national security.
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, 2026, the Armenian Foreign Ministry published the framework document signed with the American side in Washington for the implementation of the Trump Roadmap for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP). The 12-page document presents the project's main goals and operational mechanisms. Among other things, the document emphasizes Armenia's intention to sanction and support the creation of the TRIPP Development Company. The company is expected to be responsible for developing 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%.
