A ceremony to present the Dostlug (Friendship) oil tanker in an online format was held on June 22 with the participation of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
The Dostlug tanker, gifted by Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan, was built at the Baku Shipyard. The tanker has an overall length of 141 meters, a width of 16.9 meters, and a draft of 4.54 meters. With a deadweight of 7,875 tons, its construction not only demonstrates the development of Azerbaijan’s shipbuilding industry but also contributes to strengthening Azerbaijan–Turkmenistan friendship. It also highlights the capacity to implement large-scale and technologically complex shipbuilding projects at the Baku Shipyard, according to the website of Azerbaijan’s president.
The ceremony was part of Berdimuhamedov’s state visit to Azerbaijan.
During talks with Aliyev, Berdimuhamedov named the transport and transit sector as one of the strategic directions of bilateral cooperation.
Berdimuhamedov said that the advantageous geographical locations of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan create important advantages for the development of international transport corridors. To this end, he proposed further stepping up the efforts of the Turkmen-Azerbaijani Commission on Transport, Transit and Logistics.
Hailing the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan–Azerbaijan–Georgia–Türkiye transport corridor as a successful example of cooperation, Berdimuhamedov emphasized that the two countries also support the initiative to establish the Caspian Sea–Black Sea transport corridor along the Turkmenistan–Azerbaijan–Georgia–Romania route. Berdimuhamedov added that connecting the Caspian and Black Sea regions opens up good opportunities for the expansion of economic, trade, and investment cooperation.
The President of Turkmenistan also emphasized the existence of ample opportunities for developing cooperation in the oil and gas sector, the chemical industry, the textile industry, and other areas.
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