Turkey and Russia probe slaying of envoy in Ankara

Russian investigators are in Turkey to probe the assassination of Moscow’s ambassador at an Ankara art show, as both sides pledged the murder would not damage improving relations.
Veteran diplomat Andrei Karlov was shot nine times in the back by off-duty Turkish policeman at the art gallery opening of a show of Russian photography on Monday.
The brazen killing stunned Ankara and Moscow, which have rowed repeatedly over the Syria conflict but in recent weeks have begun cooperating closely on the evacuations from war-wrecked Aleppo.
Meanwhile, Turkey has blamed the group of exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen for the assassination of Russian diplomat.
Earlier on Tuesday, the United States embassy in Ankara and its consulates in Istanbul and Adana have been closed for normal operations after an individual approached the embassy and opened fire.
The embassy said the individual was in police custody and there were no reported injuries in the incident.
Security was also heightened around the Iranian embassy. Iran is a close ally of Russia in the Syrian conflict where both sides support the government of President Bashar al-Assad.>
A three way meeting between the foreign and defence ministers from Russia, Turkey and Iran on the Syrian conflict also went on as per schedule in Moscow on Tuesday.
A Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey was issued, agreeing on steps to revitalize the political process, to end the Syrian conflict.