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

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".