'Won't allow envoy killing to cast shadow on Russia ties'

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AFP Ankara
Last Updated : Dec 20 2016 | 1:28 AM IST
Turkey today said it would not allow the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Ankara to damage relations with Moscow, describing the killing as a "terror attack" on bilateral relations.
"We will not allow this attack to cast a shadow on Turkey-Russia relations," said the Turkish foreign ministry in a statement.
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the killing of Andrei Karlov was "a terror attack on relations between Russia and Turkey".

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