Updated-Syria condemns the terrorist attack that claimed the life of Russian Ambassador in Ankara

Damascus, SANA-The Syrian Arab Republic condemned, with the strongest terms, the coward terrorist attack which claimed the life of the Russian Ambassador in Turkey.

“Syria condemns the terrorist attack which claimed the life of the Russian Ambassador in Ankara Andrey Carlov and expresses deep condolences to Russia, as government and people, and to the family of the victim,” An official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said on Monday.

It added that this heinous crime asserts once again the need for utilizing all efforts and capabilities to combat terrorism and overcome it.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the killing of the Russian Ambassador in a terrorist shooting by a gunman in Ankara.

Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of Russian foreign Ministry stressed the killing of Carlov of his wounds in a terrorist shooting in Ankara.

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