Personal quarrel led to shooting at Belarusian diplomat in Turkey

A personal quarrel led to the shooting at a Belarusian diplomat in Turkey, the incident has no political motive. This was announced today by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. Vladimir Makei also thanked the Turkish colleague for the instant response and all the assistance provided to the victim and his family.

Vladimir Makei, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus: “The Turkish side immediately used all relevant structures to conduct an investigation. In our opinion, there is no political motive behind this. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey immediately contacted me and informed about this incident, and promised that everything possible would be done to investigate and rescue the diplomat. This is probably due to some discontent of the assailant with the behavior of the children who played in the yard."

The Foreign Minister also confirmed that the embassy's adviser on security and administrative law matters, Alexander Poganshev, was returning home with his son when a neighbor, a former soldier, attacked him at the entrance of the house. According to reports, he was registered in a psycho-neurological institution. The condition of the victim is closely monitored not only by doctors, but also by the staff of the Belarusian diplomatic corps in Ankara. The latest information from the ambassador of Belarus in Turkey, Andrei Savinykh (by phone).

According to the staff of the hospital, to which the diplomat was taken, four bullets did not touch the vital organs. The patient continues to be in the intensive care unit.