Davutoglu to attend Altikat's memorial

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will help unveil a Canadian memorial to honor the late Col. Atilla Altikat, who was assassinated in Ottawa in 1982 by a terrorist group called the Justice Commandos against Armenian Genocide (JCAG). Davutoglu will pay a two-day working visit to Canada today and tomorrow at the invitation of his Canadian counterpart, John Baird, the Foreign Ministry announced yesterday in a written statement. In addition to meeting Baird, Davutoglu will also "attend the opening ceremony of the memorial which was built in honor of late Col. Atilla Altikat," the statement said. Ministry officials said the memorial would be opened on the second day of the visit.