Istanbul, Oct 6 (AFP/APP):Turkey’s foreign minister will visit Azerbaijan, a close ally, on Tuesday for talks on the conflict in the ethnic Armenian separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the foreign ministry said in a statement. Mevlut Cavusoglu “will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan on October 6,” the ministry said. He will meet with President Ilham Aliyev and “also exchange views on the present situation in the Armenian occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan” with his Azerbaijani counterpart. The visit comes a day after Russia, the United States and France called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to agree an “unconditional ceasefire” after the neighbours began shelling major cities in an escalation of their conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The clashes broke out on September 27, re-igniting a decades-old conflict between the ex-Soviet neighbours over Karabakh and threatening to draw in regional powers Russia and Turkey. Azerbaijan and Armenia have ignored international calls for a ceasefire and a return to long-stalled negotiations on the region. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on a visit to Ankara on Monday he expected Turkey to use its “considerable” influence to calm the conflict. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed full support for Azerbaijan in its campaign … Continue reading Turkish foreign minister to visit Azerbaijan on Tuesday: Ministry