Turkish media reported the gunman had been killed. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the announcement that Karlov had been killed in a live televised statement.
Mr Karlov was several minutes into a speech at the embassy-sponsored exhibition when a man wearing a suit and tie shouted “Allahu akbar” and fired at least eight shots, according to an AP photographer in the audience.
“We are one of the few oldest nations having a statehood. Yerevan is 50 years older than Rome. An area very close to Yerevan, Shengavit, is 6000 years old – a civilization that is 1000 years older than Egypt pyramids.”
The European Union extended economic sanctions against Russia for another six months, TASS reports. The press service of the European Council informed about this.
“Unfortunately, during the past two decades pursuit of the policy, which seeks to exclude Armenia from the regional energy market, has prevented this valuable capacity to be properly taken advantage of it. Therefore, any participation of Armenia in energy plans is inherently valuable.”
“Third crucial interest is the following—Russia establishes joint troops to control a part of Armenia’s sovereign army, as it convinced by the April war that Armenian army is a sovereign factor. This statement by Pushkov is an edifice.”
To the question whether it’s possible that adoption may be postponed and failed after presidential elections, Papazian replied, “I can’t say, we should see what process the draft will have. We’ll have good news in January.”
“Azerbaijan may get encouraged, however, Russian policy and interests haven’t changed. Russia will pursue its traditional policy, and I don’t consider that changes will be recorded,” the analyst said.
“The most noteworthy in this statement was installation of investigative mechanisms and expansion of Kasprzyk’s office should take place in parallel with content negotiations on the settlement. Maybe many didn’t pay attention to this paragraph, but it was a rather essential observation.”
“Looking forward to Austria’s OSCE chairmanship 2017. We will focus on defusing conflicts, fighting against radicalization and building trust,” Kurz writes.
