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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has reiterated Ankara’s support for Azerbaijan, saying that Azerbaijan’s occupied territories must be liberated and that Turkey is ready to help facilitate this.

Cavushoglu made the remarks during the visit to Baku on October 6 where he was received by President Ilham Aliyev. The meeting took place amidst ongoing clashes near Azerbaijan’s occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region.

“I came here to show the support of Turkey and the Turkish people for Azerbaijan. Today, under your leadership, Azerbaijan is fighting to liberate its lands, and it is capable of doing that, it has the strength and potential. Of course, as Turkey and the Turkish people, we are ready to provide any support to Azerbaijan whenever it needs it and in any field. Our President Erdogan and ourselves explain and emphasize this from every platform,” Cavushoglu said.

Cavushoglu said that the Turkish Foreign Ministry along with the Azerbaijani counterparts as well as the diplomatic missions abroad are working together to communicate Azerbaijan's just struggle to the whole world.

“The occupied territories of Azerbaijan must be liberated. Azerbaijan is legally and morally right, and while explaining this rightful cause everywhere, we will hopefully continue this struggle together,” the Turkish minister said.

In turn, President Aliyev stressed that the visit is a manifestation of the open support on the part of the brotherly country.

“Azerbaijan has a great global power, a brotherly country such as Turkey next to it. This support inspires us, gives us extra strength and, at the same time, plays an important part in ensuring stability and peace in the region,” Aliyev said.

Speaking about Turkey’s geopolitical role in the region, Aliyev said: “Turkey plays a stabilizing role in the region. Turkey's policy of peace in the region and in the world is already yielding results – in the Middle East and in the Caucasus. Therefore, the current situation in connection with yet another attack by Armenia once again shows that Turkey has a say both in the region and in the world. Of course, this strengthens and inspires us. Both our peoples and the whole world can see what the Turkish-Azerbaijani union means.

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