CAIRO (Sputnik) — In a press statement, the Arab League Council reiterated its condemnation of all forms of terrorism and called on the international community to join efforts to eradicate the scourge, the Youm7 broadcaster reported on Tuesday.
On Monday, Karlov was killed by a gunman at an art gallery exhibition opening in Ankara. Three other people were also injured in the attack. The Russian Foreign Ministry called the incident an act of terrorism.
An emergency meeting on the level of the Arab League member states' representatives was held in Cairo on Monday. The meeting was convened at the initiative of Qatar to discuss the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo, where government forces have regained control of areas which were occupied by militants.
The Arab League, established back in 1945, comprises 22 regional states, which are striving to cooperate on political, economic, cultural, scientific, and social issues in order to promote the interests of the Arab world.
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