Lavrov, Cavusoglu Lay Flowers in Moscow in Memory of Murdered Ambassador Karlov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu have laid flowers near the Russian Foreign Ministry's hall of receptions in memory of Ambassador Andrey Karlov, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The ministers laid flowers near Karlov's portrait and honored his memory with a minute of silence.

Karlov was shot by a gunman at an art gallery exhibition opening in Ankara late on Monday. Three other people were also injured in the attack. The Russian Foreign Ministry called the incident an act of terrorism.

The attack came just a day before Turkish, Russian and Iranian foreign ministers were due to meet in Moscow to discuss settling the Syrian conflict. The sides decided to press on with the meeting despite the attack with Cavusoglu stressing that the incident would not impact relations between Turkey and Russia.

The street of the Russian Embassy in Ankara will be named after Ambassador Karlov. pic.twitter.com/mT90m5MEG7

— Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (@MevlutCavusoglu) 20 декабря 2016 г.

Never miss a story again — sign up to our Telegram channel and we'll keep you up to speed!