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Greece’s foreign ministry on Monday strongly condemned the murder of Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey Andrey G. Karlov by a gunman at an art gallery in Ankara, and extended its “sincerest condolences” to his family, friends and the Russian foreign ministry with a tweet posted on the ministry’s twitter account @GreeceMFA.

“Greece unequivocally condemns the heinous murder of #Russia’s Ambassador to #Turkey. Sincerest condolences to his family&friends @mfa_russia,” the ministry tweet said.

— The protection of diplomats is essential in international relations, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry said on its twitter account, following the assassination of Russian Ambassador in Ankara Andrey Karlov, on Monday.

The Ministry said it was “an act of terror” and expressed condolences to the Russian diplomats and the family of the dead Ambassador.