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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will travel to Azerbaijan, a close ally of Turkey, on Tuesday to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh clashes between the Azerbaijani army and Armenian separatists, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. , cited by France Presse.
According to the cited document, Mevlut Cavusoglu will make a ‘working visit’ during which he will be received by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and ‘will exchange views with his Azerbaijani counterpart on the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region’ – Azerbaijani territory, inhabited by a majority of ethnic Armenians, Agerpres reports.
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Turkey, which has sided with Azerbaijan since the beginning of the fighting, continues to criticize calls for a ceasefire, which would lead to a new freeze on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and defend Baku’s right to ‘liberate’ the enclave, says AFP.
Cavusoglu’s visit comes a day after a call from France, the United States and Russia, in their capacity as co-chairs of the so-called OSCE Group in Minsk to defuse the conflict, for an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire” in Karabakh.
The three states have urged Baku and Yerevan to “commit to restarting the settlement process”, while fighting continued unabated on Monday and shelling in urban areas raised fears of further civilian casualties.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who was visiting Ankara on Monday, in turn called for Turkey to “use its influence to defuse tensions.”
In a speech before the meeting with Stoltenberg on Monday night, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended Azerbaijan’s right to “save the occupation of Karabakh,” reports AFP.
“Turkey has always been on the side of Azerbaijan,” Erdogan insisted, adding that “as long as the Karabakh problem is not resolved, it will not be possible to end the conflict and instability in the region.”
The Nagorno-Karabakh administration, which proclaimed its independence in the early 1990s but was not recognized by the international community, recognized for the first time a “tactical” withdrawal by certain sectors of the front on Monday. clarifications, claiming at the same time that he had ‘tangible’ successes against the opponent. The Armenian Defense Ministry recorded “ongoing violent clashes,” according to AFP.
On the other hand, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said that pro-pro troops had “abandoned their military positions” in Hadrut district.
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In a televised speech, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that the offensive would continue until the Armenian withdrawal from the territory, citing “apologies” from Armenian Prime Minister Nicol Pashinian. “We hunt them like dogs,” said the Azerbaijani president, according to AFP.
According to non-exhaustive figures, since the resumption of the conflict on September 27, 19 Armenian civilians and 26 Azerbaijanis have died, including 5 and 11 on Sunday, respectively, but according to observers, the number of victims would be much higher on both sides.
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