YEREVAN (Sputnik) — On Tuesday evening, three suicide blasts rocked the international terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport. According to the Turkish Justice Ministry, the attack has left 41 people dead and more than 200 injured.
"The Armenian president most strictly condemned the terrorist act and expressed his deep condolences to the relatives of the victims and wished a quick recovery to those injured," the press service said in a statement.
Turkey and Armenia have no diplomatic relations, and the border between the two countries was closed in 1993 on Ankara's initiative. Relations between the two countries are burdened by Ankara's support for the Azerbaijani position in the Naghorno-Karabakh issue, as well as Ankara's negation of the 1915 Armenian Genocide during the Ottoman Empire.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that the initial indications suggest that the Islamic State jihadist group, outlawed in the United States and Russia, is responsible for the Tuesday terrorist attack, although the official investigation is still underway.
