Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu inaugurated a monument Tuesday for Ankara’s Belgrade ambassador who was assassinated 36 years ago.
Along with his Serbian counterpart, Çavuşoğlu participated in the unveiling of the plaque ceremony in memory of Ahmet Galip Balkar who was killed near the embassy building in the Serbian capital.
Ivica Dacic stressed that the memory of Balkar will always be alive. "Serbia condemns the acts of terrorism aimed at peace and stability," he said.
Two members of the ASALA terror group attacked Balkar with automatic weapons near the Turkish embassy March 9, 1983.
Kirkor Levonyan and Raffi Aleksandr were arrested March 9, 1984, and each were sentenced to 20 years in prison.