Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera today expressed chock over the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Istanbul and said it is a violation of the right of all diplomats to represent their nations peacefully, around the world.
Andrey G. Karlov was assassinated at an Ankara art exhibit on Monday evening by a lone Turkish gunman in what the leaders of Turkey and Russia called a provocative terrorist attack. It was captured on video.
“Shocked by the assassination of Russia‘s Ambassador to Turkey. Condolences to Ambassador Karlov’s family, the government and people of Russia.”
“We consider this a violation of the right of all diplomats to represent their nations peacefully, around the world,” Samaraweera wrote on Twitter.
The gunman, described by Turkish officials as a 22-year-old off-duty police officer, also wounded at least three others in the assault on the envoy
