MOSCOW (Sputnik) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg condemned on Monday the murder of Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, calling it “a heinous attack”.
“I condemn the killing of Russia’s amb to Turkey. My condolences to his family & Russian people. No justification for such a heinous act,” Stoltenberg wrote on his Twitter page.
I condemn the killing of Russia’s amb to Turkey. My condolences to his family & Russian people. No justification for such a heinous act.
— Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) December 19, 2016
On Monday evening, Karlov died after being shot by a gunman at an art gallery exhibition opening in the Turkish capital of Ankara.