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As we reported earlier, the Russians, Turkey and Iran were set to meet to discuss a peace plan in Syria tomorrow 24hrs before the ambassador of Turkey is murdered? Hell of a coincidence.
“This murder is clearly a provocation aimed at undermining the improvement and normalization of Russian-Turkish relations, as well as undermining the peace process in Syria promoted by Russia, Turkey, Iran and other countries interested in settling the conflict in Syria,” Putin said in a statement broadcast on RT.
The “only response” to the attack that Moscow “should offer” is “stepping up the fight against terrorism,” Putin, added.
Putin vowed revenge for the murders and those who plotted this sick action “The killers will feel it,” he, said. He added, that “we must know who directed the killer’s hand,” Putin told Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Sergei Naryshkin, the head of his SVR foreign intelligence service, and Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the domestic FSB security service.
Putin then honored ambassador Andrey Karlov by saying that he “was a brilliant diplomat, widely respected in the country where he was posted,” further adding that he “was in good standing with both the government of Turkey and other political groups in that country.”
Russia’s Investigative Committee and Turkey have both launched a joint effort to investigate the incident. Already launching an investigation into the murder of 40+ year veteran diplomat, Putin said in his statement, adding that both him and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a phone conversation on the situation.
Putin expressed that “Russian and Turkish officials will cooperate” into the investigation of 22-year-old Turkish riot police officer Mevlut Mert Altintas.
“We have to know who organized this killing and gave orders to the assassin,” the Russian President said.
Erdogan called the shooting in Ankara a provocation, aimed at destroying bilateral relations between the two countries. The Turkish leader “strongly” condemned the assassination of Russias Turkish dipolomat Andrey Karlov.
“I believe this is an attack on Turkey, the Turkish state and the Turkish people, and also a clear provocation … in terms of Turkish-Russian relations. I am sure our Russian friends also see this fact,” Erdogan said. ”Both Turkey and Russia have the will not to be deceived by this provocation.”
“All the security measures around the Russian embassy and consulate general have been tightened as we agreed with Mr. Putin,” Erdogan stated. “Our relations with Russia are significant … I am calling on those who aim to destroy our relations: You are waiting in vain. You will never reach your goals,”
In another odd coincidence Putin was planning to attend a Moscow play written by the Russian ambassador to Iran, Alexander Griboyedov who was also a Russian diplomat assassinated in 1829 he canceled after he heard the news of Andrey Karlov’s murder Reuters, reported.
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