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Turkish FM, NATO chief talk East Med, Nagorno-Karabakh

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg also discuss situation in Afghanistan

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14:38 - 26/11/2020 Thursday
Update: 14:40 - 26/11/2020 Thursday
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File photo: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Ankara, Turkey October 5, 2020.
File photo: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Ankara, Turkey October 5, 2020.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg spoke over the phone on Thursday, a diplomatic source said.

According to the source, the two leaders discussed matters pertaining to the Eastern Mediterranean, Nagorno-Karabakh and Afghanistan.

Turkey has consistently opposed Greece's efforts to declare an exclusive economic zone based on small islands near Turkish shores, violating the interests of Turkey, the country with the longest coastline on the Mediterranean.

Ankara has also said energy resources near the island of Cyprus must be shared fairly between the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and the Greek Cypriot administration of Southern Cyprus.

After over a month of clashes, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Russia-brokered agreement on Nov. 10.

By the time the fighting ended, Baku liberated several cities and nearly 300 settlements and villages from the Armenian occupation.

Turkey has also hailed the truce as a victory for Azerbaijan and a defeat for Armenia, which had occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Upper Karabakh, a territory recognized as part of Azerbaijan, and seven adjacent regions since 1991.

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