Moscow urges not to jump to conclusions in Karlov’s assassination
Caution should be exercised in jumping to conclusions amid an
ongoing investigation into the assassination of Russian Ambassador
to Turkey Andrey Karlov, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on
December 21.
"Moscow believes that one should wait for the results of the joint
investigative team's activity,” Peskov told reporters, Sputnik
reported. “You know that it began its activities in Ankara
yesterday. In this case, of course, it is hardly worth rushing to
conclusions before the investigation establishes, as our president
said, who was behind the murder of our ambassador,"
Karlov was shot and killed at an art gallery exhibition opening in
Ankara on December 19. The Russian envoy was delivering a speech at
the Contemporary Arts Gallery in the Cankaya district when an
assailant opened fire on the diplomat before shooting into the
air.
Police Special Forces neutralized the attacker, identified as 22-year-old riot police officer Mevlut Mert Altintas.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said it considered the attack a terrorist act.
Following the assassination of the Russian envoy, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke via telephone and both leaders described the act as "provocation" to undermine relations Turkey and Russia carry in Syria.
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