Azerbaijan hands over "Dostlug" tanker to Turkmenistan in boost to Caspian ties PHOTO

Azerbaijan has transferred the tanker "Dostlug" (friendship) to Turkmenistan, a move described by officials as evidence of a growing strategic partnership between the two Caspian neighbours.

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev said the handover of the vessel, built at the Baku Shipyard, underscored mutual trust and expanding cooperation between the two countries.

Bakı Gəmiqayırma Zavodunda inşa edilən “Dostlug” tankerinin Azərbaycan tərəfindən Türkmənistana hədiyyə olunması ölkələrimiz arasında strateji tərəfdaşlığın və qarşılıqlı etimadın növbəti mühüm təzahürüdür.

Bu layihə Azərbaycanın gəmiqayırma sahəsində əldə etdiyi nailiyyətləri… pic.twitter.com/G8j0NwJa9c

— Rashad Nabiyev (@RashadNNabiyev) June 22, 2026

Writing on the social media platform X, Nabiyev said the project highlighted Azerbaijan’s advances in shipbuilding and its wider industrial capacity.

“The transfer by Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan of the Dostlug tanker, built at the Baku Shipyard, is another confirmation of the strategic partnership and mutual trust between the two countries,” he wrote.

He added that the vessel would help strengthen bilateral ties and support broader cooperation in the Caspian Sea region.

By Aghakazim Guliyev