Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 19
By Orkhan Quluzade – Trend:
The attack on Russia’s ambassador to Turkey was aimed at inflicting blow to Ankara-Moscow relations, Ismail Hakki Pekin, former head of intelligence at General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, has told Trend.
Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov died after he was badly wounded in an armed assault in Ankara Dec. 19, Turkish newspaper Milliyet reported. The ambassador was taken to a special hospital, but died there despite all the efforts of the doctors, Milliyet said. The assailant was killed in an ensuing police operation.
Ismail Hakki Pekin says the assault on the ambassador Karlov has nothing to do with the situation in Syria’s Aleppo.
“This was done by the people who don’t want to see friendship between Turkey and Russia,” he added.
The former intelligence head also believes the assault on the ambassador is aimed at bringing yet another crisis in the relations between Ankara and Moscow.