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Statement from President-Elect Donald J. Trump on the Assassination of Russia's Ambassador to Turkey
December 19, 2016
(New York, NY)-President-elect Donald J. Trump's statement on the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov:
"Today we offer our condolences to the family and loved ones of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, who was assassinated by a radical Islamic terrorist. The murder of an ambassador is a violation of all rules of civilized order and must be universally condemned."
Donald J. Trump, Statement from President-Elect Donald J. Trump on the Assassination of Russia's Ambassador to Turkey Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/320651