The press service of the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) has reported that the Aframax-type tanker 'Zangezur', owned by a joint venture of SOCAR and ASCO (part of the AZCON Holding group), has been removed from the UK sanctions list, and all sanctions previously imposed on it have been fully lifted.
The decision was made by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) on July 7, 2026. The positive resolution of this issue was made possible through coordinated diplomatic and legal efforts by the Azerbaijani state.
It will be recalled that in April of this year, by a corresponding decision of the Council of the European Union, the ASCO-owned vessel 'Zagatala' and the tankers 'Shusha', 'Karabakh', 'Khankendi', and 'Zangezur', owned by the ASCO-SOCAR joint venture, were also removed from the EU sanctions list.