The Investigative Committees of Armenia and Russia will set up a coordinating body to ensure the effectiveness of the investigation into the great tragedy that occurred in Gyumri city. Sona Truzyan, the adviser to the chairman of the Investigative Committees of Armenia, told the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

She noted that, as a result of the two-day talks, the Armenian and Russian sides have agreed to carry out joint and coordinated efforts to ensure the versatility and comprehensiveness of this investigation.

Russian Investigative Committee representative Vladimir Markin, for his part, stated that the heads of the Investigative Committees of Armenia and Russia, Aghvan Hovsepyan and Alexander Bastrykin, respectively, have agreed to conduct a joint investigation of the murder of an entire family in Gyumri.

As per Markin, this investigation will be conducted pursuant to international law, and the documents signed between the two countries.

As reported earlier, six members of the Avetisyan family—including a two-year-old girl—were shot dead, and a six-month-old baby was wounded in their house in Gyumri on January 12. But the baby boy died in hospital on Monday.

Valery Permyakov, a serviceman of the 102nd Russian Military Base in the city, stands accused in this crime. Permyakov was apprehended by the Russian border guards near the Armenian-Turkish border on the same night, he was arrested on January 14, and he is held in custody at the Russian military base.

The soldier is charged under Russian law, with “the murder of more than two people” and “desertion with a service weapon.” The Investigative Committee of Armenia also has launched a criminal case on these murders.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia had stated that Valery Permyakov will face justice under Russian law, and this information had provoked a wave of protests in Armenia, especially in Gyumri and capital city Yerevan.