Deep-water friendship: Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan bury Caspian Sea hatchet

Neighbours agree to join forces in exploring and developing contested deep-water block as relations have warmed

Peace talks: Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Dzheykhun Bayramov (left) and Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov signing a memorandum on the Dostluk block in the Caspian Sea in Ashgabat on 21 January 2021 — Peace talks: Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Dzheykhun Bayramov (left) and Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov signing a memorandum on the Dostluk block in the Caspian Sea in Ashgabat on 21 January 2021Photo: ORIENT.TM

Vladimir Afanasiev

Moscow

Published 21 January 2021, 13:32Updated 22 January 2021, 13:03

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