Jet carrying Russian ambassador's body lands at Moscow airport

A charter flight airlifting the body of Russia's Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, who was assassinated in Ankara on Monday, has landed at Vnukovo airport in Moscow, TASS reports.

The ambassador's widow arrived by the same flight accompanied by a physician and a psychologist dispatched by the Ministry for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier he would come to the airport personally to meet the flight.

Turkish embassy in Moscow said Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, now visiting Russia, would also be at the airport to take part in meeting the flight.