13/01/2015 19:55
Seyran Ohanyan: No need to politicize Gyumri killings
“I offer my heartfelt condolences to the relatives of the victims. The First Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Arkady Bakhin is also present here. The Russian defense minister and his deputies spoke with me, underlining the importance of consistent and legal work. Investigators will reveal everything and those guilty will be punished,” Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan told reporters today.
“Yet I believe that there is no need to politicize that incident and look for notes of worsening of Armenian-Russian relations in it. We have quite a high level of political relations with Russia, and our cooperation in the military sphere is also on a high level,” the defense minister said.
Six member of a family, including a two-year-old child, were killed in Gyumri on January 12. A six-month-old boy was hospitalized in very critical condition.
Valery Permyakov, a soldier of the Russian 102nd military base, is suspected of the crime. He was detained.